Do the Nobel Prizes Still Make Sense in the 21st Century?
The controversial history, present and future of the Nobel Prizes SUBSCRIBE, it's FREE! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More below ↓ The Nobel Prizes reward the ...
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[MUSIC] It's 1888, the obituary reads "Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, the Merchant of Death, is dead." Except that Alfred Nobel was very much alive. He had just read his own mistaken obituary. And it wasn't exactly flattering. So he decided that day that he would leave a different legacy. And so, the Nobel Prizes were born. [MUSIC] So after realizing that pretty much everyone hated him, Alfred Nobel set aside money in his will to fund the prizes that still bear his name today. But with each year they get a bit more controversial. Do the Nobel Prizes still make sense in the 21st century? The Nobel Prizes have been awarded pretty much annually since 1901, according to Alfred's will, to "men and women who have conferred the greatest benefit to mankin...
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[MUSIC] It's 1888, the obituary reads "Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, the Merchant of Death, is dead." Except that Alfred Nobel was very much alive. He had just read his own mistaken obituary. And it wasn't exactly flattering. So he decided that day that he would leave a different legacy. And so, the Nobel Prizes were born. [MUSIC] So after realizing that pretty much everyone hated him, Alfred Nobel set aside money in his will to fund the prizes that still bear his name today. But with each year they get a bit more controversial. Do the Nobel Prizes still make sense in the 21st century? The Nobel Prizes have been awarded pretty much annually since 1901, according to Alfred's will, to "men and women who have conferred the greatest benefit to mankin...
