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The Nobel Prizes (/ n oʊ ˈ b ɛ l / noh-BEL; Swedish: Nobelpriset [nʊˈbɛ̂lːˌpriːsɛt]; Norwegian: Nobelprisen [nʊˈbɛ̀lːˌpriːsn̩]) are five separate prizes awarded to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind, as established by the 1895 will of Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist Alfred Nobel, in the year before he died.
From 1991 to 2004 Hoodbhoy hosted and authored three major 13-part documentary series in Urdu on Pakistan Television on popular science and education. To date these have been the only science documentaries produced by PTV. In 2003 he was the recipient of UNESCO's 2003 Kalinga Prize for the popularization of science.
Ig Nobel Prize (1991), a satiric prize to celebrate ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research every year [346] Right Livelihood Award (1980), which recognizes contributions to solving global problems, oftentimes called "Alternative Nobel Prize" and understood as a critique of the traditional Nobel prizes [347] [348] [349]
There are Nobel Prizes for different categories, though not every prize is awarded each year. In fact, one category has only been handed out 55 times.
The 2022 Nobel Prizes were awarded by the Nobel Foundation, based in Sweden. Six categories were awarded: Physics , Chemistry , Physiology or Medicine , Literature , Peace , and Economic Sciences .
The 2021 Nobel Prizes were awarded by the Nobel Foundation, based in Sweden. Six categories were awarded: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences. [1] Nobel Week took place from December 6 to 12, including programming such as lectures, dialogues, and discussions.
Archived 2018-10-06 at the Wayback Machine "Nobel Prize reflects women's struggle in the Muslim world" "Nobel Peace Prize Winner Tawakkul Karman Profile: The Mother of Yemen's revolution", The Huffington Post, October 7, 2011 "Nobel Prize winner highlights women's role in Arab Spring" The Michigan Daily. November 15, 2011
As of 2022, the list of Pakistani Nobel Prize laureates consists of following people. [1] Year Portrait Laureate Subject Rationale 1979 Abdus Salam: Physics