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The Nobel Century

The Nobel Century
Phillips Room, Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, London

1pm Saturday 1 December

100 years ago, in 1901, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded. This meeting has been organized to celebrate the centenary.

The Nobel Prizes, the first international annual prizes, began in 1901 in five subject areas named in the will of Alfred Nobel, namely physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace. In 1968 the Bank of Sweden instituted a prize in economic sciences.

The 1901 Prize in Physics went to Röntgen.

Programme
Chairman's Welcome (13:00)

Views from a Nobel Laureate
Sir Joseph Rotblat

Nobel Phenomenon: Reflections on the History of the Nobel Science Prizes
Sven Widhalm

Tea/coffee

The Nobel Prize: Cautionary Tales
Peter Rowlands

General discussion

Clese of meeting

AGM

Close (17:00)

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