Nobel prizes were 'mistakenly given' in history

The Nobel Prize is irrevocable, but decisions have been made to compromise the reputation of this noble award.

An invention can be groundbreaking at the present time, but is it still valid over time?

Honoring those who " dedicate themselves to the good for humanity" is the goal of Alfred Nobel, the father of the prestigious Nobel Prize. However, this award is also inevitable decisions considered "problematic" in its 115-year history.

Nobel Chemistry for participants of chemical warfare

Fritz Haber was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 because he did not discover how to make ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen . His method is applied to fertilizer production, helping to promote global agricultural production.

However, the Nobel Committee completely ignored Haber's role in the first human chemical attack in World War I. He was the supervisor of a massive-scale chlorine attack. died thousands of Allies in Ypres, Belgium, in 1915.

Portrait of the 1918 Nobel Prize winner, Fritz Haber.(Photo: indiatimes).

Nobel Medicine for detecting "wrong" cancer

Danish scientist Johannes Fibiger won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1926 with the discovery that nematode is the cause of cancer in mice.

In their study, Fibiger confirmed that mice ate parasitic nematode larvae, living in cockroaches, and this is the cause of cancer.

At the time of the award, the Nobel Committee considered it a perfect study. But later, it was discovered that the cause of cancer is not caused by worms but by lack of vitamin A

Some parasites can only contribute to the occurrence of cancer. Fibiger's discovery at the time was like a light for cancer mysteries, but it was actually a mistake.

Nobel Medicine for discovery both beneficial and harmful

The Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to Swiss scientist Paul Mueller in 1948 for the discovery of the use of dichlorodiphenyltricloroethane (DDT). Although DDT was not discovered, Mueller was instrumental in finding a powerful use of DDT. Accordingly, this compound can kill a lot of flies, mosquitoes and beetles in a short time.

DDT is very effective in protecting agricultural crops and preventing diseases transmitted by intermediate hosts (insects) such as typhus and malaria. The compound saves hundreds of thousands of lives and destroys malaria in southern Europe.

DDT, a powerful double-sided compound, helped Swiss scientist Paul Mueller win the Nobel Prize in 1948. (photo: paris-normandie) .

But in the 1960s, environmental researchers realized that DDT was toxic to wildlife and the environment. After that, DDT was banned from agricultural use in the US in 1972, then in the world by a global treaty in 2001, except for some countries with severe malaria.

Nobel Medicine for open brain lobe surgery

Lobotomy is a controversial surgical treatment of mental illness. The incision will be made to destroy connections between the prefrontal brain regions and other parts of the brain.

This is the discovery that helped Portuguese scientist Antonio Egas Moniz win the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1949. Lobotomy is considered a great idea at that time, even at the awards ceremony, it was praised . "one of the most important discoveries made in psychiatric treatment".

But it is not expected that this method has serious side effects . Some patients died, others suffered serious brain damage. Even cases that are believed to be successful, patients do not react and become emotionally paralyzed.

This method was rarely used in the 1950s when psychiatric medications became popular. Today, Lobotomy is rarely used.

Not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize but never won a prize.(Photo: AP).

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was honored as the "living saint" of India, who led the non-violent protest movement against the British Empire, helping to gain independence for India. He received a nomination for a Nobel Peace Prize not less than 5 times, but never won a prize.

The Nobel Peace Committee, which rarely acknowledged mistakes, eventually acknowledged that failing to award this award to Gandhi was indeed flawed.

In 1989, 41 years after Gandhi's assassination, the Nobel Committee chairman expressed his admiration for India's "National Father" after awarding the Nobel Peace Prize that year to the Dalai Lama.