Always noble? By Adrien, Arnaud & Dylan

Alfred Nobel prize medal

The Nobel Prize was created by Alfred Nobel, a great medical researcher of the 1890s, and his associate the physiologist Jöns Johansson. They wanted to create a prize which rewarded those who had made the most important advancements in Physiology and Medicine, Economics, Literature, and Peace. The first Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine was attributed to Emil Von Behring in 1901.

Article on the Nobel Prize 

This Year, the Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to a Frenchman, Jules Hoffmann, an American, Bruce Beutler, and a Canadian, Ralph Steinmann.

We consider that it is fair to give the award to people who have made great discoveries, but some Nobel Prizes have been awarded to people who not really deserve them, for example Barack Obama who was given the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009…