More than a Century of Nobel Prizes

The following sections are included:

• Alfred Nobel and his life

• Academies and prizes

• The will

• Implementation of the will

• The selection process

• The awarding institutions and the prizes

• The secrecy of the prize selection process

• The number of prize recipients

• The nationality of Nobel Prize recipients

• The awardee and the prize

• There is no Nobel Prize in economics

• The enigmatic concept of discovery

• Coda — Alfred Nobel's surprise