Editing Nobel Prize (section)

== Impact ==
=== Cultural ===
[[File:Ivo Andrić and José Saramago 2022 stamp of Serbia.jpg|thumb|The Nobel Prize in Literature laureates [[Ivo Andrić]] (recipient in [[1961 Nobel Prize in Literature|1961]]) and [[José Saramago]] (recipient in [[1998 Nobel Prize in Literature|1998]]) pictured on a 2022 Serbian stamp.]]
Being a symbol of scientific or literary achievement that is recognisable worldwide, the Nobel Prize is often depicted in fiction. This includes films such as ''[[The Prize (1963 film)|The Prize]]'' (1963), ''[[Nobel Son]]'' (2007), and ''[[The Wife (2017 film)|The Wife]]'' (2017) about fictional Nobel laureates, as well as fictionalised accounts of stories surrounding real prizes such as ''[[Nobel Chor]]'', a 2012 film based on the [[Rabindranath Tagore#Theft of Nobel Prize|theft of Rabindranath Tagore's prize]]. It has also been depicted in television shows such as ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]''.<ref name="nobel film screen">{{cite press release |url=http://www.mynewsdesk.com/stockholmvisitorsboard/pressreleases/the-nobel-prize-on-the-film-screen-937364 |title=The Nobel Prize: On the film screen |publisher=Stockholm Business Region |date=5 December 2013 |access-date=31 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402102825/http://www.mynewsdesk.com/stockholmvisitorsboard/pressreleases/the-nobel-prize-on-the-film-screen-937364 |archive-date=2 April 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Brodesco |first=Alberto|date=2018 |title=Nobel laureates in fiction: From La fin du monde to The Big Bang Theory |journal=Public Understanding of Science |language=en |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=458–470 |doi=10.1177/0963662518766476 |pmid=29720058 |s2cid=19223540|issn=0963-6625}}</ref>

The statue and memorial symbol ''Planet of Alfred Nobel'' was opened in [[Alfred Nobel University]] of Economics and Law in [[Dnipro]], Ukraine in 2008. On the globe, there are 802 Nobel laureates' reliefs made of a composite alloy obtained when disposing of military strategic missiles.<ref>[https://www.panoramio.com/photo/27994903?comment_page=1 Monument of the Planet of Alfred Nobel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809124737/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/27994903?comment_page=1 |date=9 August 2017 }}. Panoramio.com. Retrieved on 28 July 2013.</ref>

Despite the symbolism of intellectual achievement, some recipients have embraced unsupported and [[Pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]] concepts, including various [[Vitamin C and the Common Cold (book)#Research, writing and revisions|health benefits of vitamin C]] and other dietary supplements, [[homeopathy]], [[HIV/AIDS denialism]], and various claims about [[race and intelligence]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Basterfield |first1=Candice |last2=Lilienfeld |first2=Scott O. |author-link2=Scott Lilienfeld |last3=Bowes |first3=Shauna M. |last4=Costello |first4=Thomas H. |date=May–June 2020 |title=The Nobel Disease: When Intelligence Fails to Protect against Irrationality |url=https://skepticalinquirer.org/2020/05/the-nobel-disease-when-intelligence-fails-to-protect-against-irrationality/ |magazine=[[Skeptical Inquirer]] |location=Amherst, New York |publisher=[[Center for Inquiry]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200717193429/https://skepticalinquirer.org/2020/05/the-nobel-disease-when-intelligence-fails-to-protect-against-irrationality/ |archive-date=17 July 2020 |access-date=24 December 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> This is sometimes referred to as [[Nobel disease]].

In 2001, [[Gustavus Adolphus College]] in [[St. Peter, Minnesota]], host of the [[Nobel Conference]], commissioned American composer and alumnus [[Steve Heitzeg]] to compose a piece for the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prizes. The 75-minute ''Nobel Symphony'' highlights all the major Nobel Prizes, and includes texts from Nobel laureates such as [[Pablo Neruda]], [[Albert Camus]], [[Toni Morrison]], [[Amartya Sen]], [[Martin Luther King Jr.|Martin Luther King, Jr.]], [[Rigoberta Menchú]], [[Dag Hammarskjöld]], and [[Nelson Mandela]].  The ''Nobel Symphony'' premiered at Gustavus Adolphus on October 2, 2001, and was restaged by [[Philip Brunelle]] and [[VocalEssence]] at [[Orchestra Hall (Minneapolis)|Orchestra Hall]] in [[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, Minnesota]] on April 18, 2004.<ref name="Strib20010929">{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Kay |page=1E |date=September 29, 2001 |title=Playing for peace: Nobel symphony underscores global need for unity |url= https://www.newspapers.com/image/195747546 |work=[[Star Tribune]] |location=[[Minneapolis-St. Paul]] |access-date=January 3, 2022 }}</ref><ref name="MPR2004">{{cite news |last= Roberts |first=Chris |date= April 16, 2004 |title= A symphony where the audience interacts with more than sound |work=[[Minnesota Public Radio]] |url=https://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2004/04/16_robertsc_nobel/ |location=[[St. Paul, Minnesota]] |access-date=2025-02-04 }}</ref><ref name="MPR20231002">{{cite web |url=https://www.yourclassical.org/episode/2023/10/02/steve-heitzegs-nobel-symphony |title=Composer's Datebook: Steve Heitzeg's "Nobel Symphony" |last= |first= |date=October 2, 2023 |website=Minnesota Public Radio |publisher= |access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref name="OpusNobel">{{cite web |url=https://opusimprints.com/products/nobel-symphony-steve-heitzeg?variant=47268169515296 |title=Nobel Symphony – Steve Heitzeg |last= |first= |date= |website=Opus Imprints |publisher= |access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref>