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Nobel exhibition
By Lakshmi Balakrishnan
He had worked quietly for years in a yellow building situated outside Karlskoga, 155 miles from Stockholm. Working on the hidden powers of a compound called nitro glycerine, this man was not deterred by anything, not even the death of his beloved brother and the very product became in years to come, one of the most important discoveries of mankind.
That was the year 1867. When Alfred Nobel died in 1896, he left behind more than just important discoveries like the dynamite to shape the life of human beings. But then, it is perhaps not just for Nobel's own achievements of over 355 patents that people remember him so often. As in life, Nobel left behind a saga of achievements in death, too, in the form of his will, with which was born the Nobel Prize for inventors in the field of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine and for Literature and Peace.
And to celebrate the centenary celebrations of the institution of Nobel Prize, the National Council of Science Museum is organising a monthlong pictorial exhibition ``100 years of Nobel Prize'' at the National Science Centre in New Delhi. Curated with the idea of giving the unknown facts of the Prize and the man behind it, the exhibition has on display over 36 panels and 11 interactive kiosks to reveal the life and works of Nobel Prize winners in the last century.
Since 1901, the first year of Nobel Prize, there have been 165 award winners in Physics, 138 in Chemistry, 175 in Physiology/Medicine, 98 in Literature, 109 for Peace and 49 in Economic Sciences. An interactive computer kiosk has been also installed as part of the exhibition, to help visitors browse through the works at their own pace.
The show has been divided into various sections that deal separately with information on Alfred Nobel, his works, the awards, various Nobel Prize winners, a separate segment on Indian Nobel Laureates etc. One of the interesting sections of the exhibition deals with families that have had more than one Nobel Prize winners to their credit and those who had the distinction of being conferred with two Nobel Prizes.
Inaugurated by the Ambassador of Sweden to India, Mr. Johan Nordenfelt, on Thursday evening, the exhibition will remain open till January 6. Organised by the Council in association with organisations like the Nobel Foundation, Sweden, Nobel-e-Museum, Sweden, Swedish Embassy, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Karolinska Institute and the Kolkata-based Missionaries of Charity apart from others.
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