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The Nobel Foundation and its role for modern day science

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A short account is given of the events leading to the creation, after Alfred Nobel's death 1896, of the Nobel Foundation for the management of the funds, and of the Nobel committees in charge of the selection of the Prize winners in the five areas mentioned in the will. The impact of the various and partly recently added activities of the Nobel organizations on contemporary international scientific and cultural life is briefly discussed.

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  1. Karolinska Institutet, Fysiologiska institutionen, Stockholm

    U. S. von Euler

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von Euler, U.S. The Nobel Foundation and its role for modern day science. Naturwissenschaften 68, 277–281 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01047469

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