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Spanning over a century of human achievement, this collection details the recipients of the Nobel Prize between 1901 and 2022. Established by Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, these prestigious awards recognise outstanding contributions in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. The dataset also includes the Prize in Economic Sciences, which was established in 1968 by Sveriges Riksbank. The records capture the specifics of each laureate, including the year of the award, their country of origin, and the official rationale describing the work that conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.
Columns
- Index: A numerical index column for each record.
- Year: The calendar year in which the prize was distributed.
- Laureate: The name of the award winner.
- Country: The nation associated with the laureate.
- Rationale: The official citation describing the work, discovery, or action for which the laureate won the award.
Distribution
The data is structured in a tabular format, typically available as a CSV file. Based on the provided sample for Chemistry laureates, the file contains approximately 191 records and 5 columns. The data is clean, with 100% valid entries for key fields such as Year, Laureate, Country, and Rationale, ensuring high usability for analysis.
Usage
- Historical Analysis: Examining trends in scientific and cultural achievements over the 20th and 21st centuries.
- Data Visualisation: Creating timelines, charts, and graphs using tools like Matplotlib and pandas to display the frequency of awards by country or field.
- Natural Language Processing (NLP): Analysing the text within the 'Rationale' column to identify common themes or keywords in winning research.
- Academic Research: Studying the geopolitical distribution of awards and the evolution of specific scientific disciplines.
Coverage
- Geographic: Global scope, covering laureates from various countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, and many others.
- Time Range: From 1901 to 2022. Note that the Nobel Prize in Economics was first awarded in 1969, and some years are skipped across categories where no prize was awarded.
- Demographic: Individuals and organisations recognised as Nobel Laureates.
License
CC0: Public Domain
Who Can Use It
- Data Scientists: For practicing data cleaning, visualisation, and text analysis techniques.
- Historians: To track the history of major scientific breakthroughs and peace efforts.
- Journalists: For background research on past winners and award statistics.
- Students: As a resource for projects related to the history of science, literature, or economics.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- Nobel Prize Laureates History 1901-2022
- Global Nobel Awards Compendium
- Century of Nobel Winners
- Nobel Achievement Database
Attributes
Original Data Source: Global Nobel Awards Compendium
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