Nobel Firsts

For the next 2 days, there will be 2 'Nobel' lists i.e lists concerning Nobel Prize Winners. Today, we will see the First Nobel Prize Winners in their respective fields with their works. Today's list is:

1. Physics: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen won the Inaugural Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 for successfully producing and detecting electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as x-rays or Röntgen rays.

2. Chemistry: Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff won the Inaugural Nobel Prize in Chemistry in recognition of his discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions.

3. Physiology or Medicine: Emil Adolf von Behring won the Inaugural Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on serum therapy and especially its application against diphtheria, by which he opened a new road in the domain of medical science.

4. Literature: René François Armand Prudhomme won the Inaugural Nobel Prize in Literature in special recognition of his poetic composition, which was said to give evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a

rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect.

5. Peace: Jean Henry Dunant and Frédéric Passy shared the Inaugural Nobel Prize in Peace. Jean Henry Dunant was founder of the International Committee of Red Cross, Geneva and Passy was the founder and president of the First French Peace Society called Société française pour l'arbitrage entre nations.

6. Economics: The first Nobel Prize in Economics or The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1969 was shared by Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen for having developed and applied dynamic models for the analysis of economic processes.