Credits & attribution

Where the facts and images come from, and who made them.

Facts

Every structured fact on this site (each prize's year, category, official citation, laureate names, and share fractions) is pinned from the official Nobel Prize API and checked by an automated test on every build. The explanatory writing is synthesised from the official Nobel Prize pages and Wikipedia; each prize page lists its own sources.

Nobel Explained is an independent educational project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Nobel Foundation. "Nobel Prize" is used descriptively to refer to the awards it explains.

Laureate portraits

Portraits are used only where a freely licensed image exists on Wikimedia Commons (Creative Commons or public domain). No other images are used, and no image generator was involved. Where no free portrait exists, a generated placeholder is shown instead. 67 portraits are credited below.

Portrait of Abdulrazak Gurnah
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Adrian Tync, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of Alain Aspect
Alain Aspect
Ecole polytechnique Université Paris-Saclay, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source
Portrait of Aleksey Yekimov
Aleksey Yekimov
US Embassy Sweden, CC BY 2.0. Source
Portrait of Ales Bialiatski
Ales Bialiatski
Bladyniec, CC0. Source
Portrait of Andrea Ghez
Andrea Ghez
BorderlineRebel, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of Anne L’Huillier
Anne L’Huillier
Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source
Portrait of Annie Ernaux
Annie Ernaux
Frankie Fouganthin, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of Anton Zeilinger
Anton Zeilinger
Jaqueline Godany, CC BY 4.0. Source
Portrait of Ardem Patapoutian
Ardem Patapoutian
Christopher Michel, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of Ben Bernanke
Ben Bernanke
United States Federal Reserve, Public domain. Source
Portrait of Benjamin List
Benjamin List
Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of Carolyn Bertozzi
Carolyn Bertozzi
Kuebi = Armin Kübelbeck, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source
Portrait of Charles M. Rice
Charles M. Rice
Bill Branson, Public domain. Source
Portrait of Claudia Goldin
Claudia Goldin
Editing1088, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of Daron Acemoglu
Daron Acemoglu
MeJudice, CC BY 3.0. Source
Portrait of David Baker
David Baker
Jeffreyjgray, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source
Portrait of David Card
David Card
Roxanne Makasdjian and Alan Toth for the University of California, Berkeley, CC BY 3.0. Source
Portrait of David Julius
David Julius
Lfsphd, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of Demis Hassabis
Demis Hassabis
John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of Dmitry Muratov
Dmitry Muratov
Lymantria, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source
Portrait of Douglas Diamond
Douglas Diamond
Office of President Joe Biden, Public domain. Source
Portrait of Drew Weissman
Drew Weissman
Thorne Media at 0:08 and 0:28, cropped, brightened, CC BY 3.0. Source
Portrait of Emmanuelle Charpentier
Emmanuelle Charpentier
Bianca Fioretti, Hallbauer & Fioretti, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of Ferenc Krausz
Ferenc Krausz
Original uploaded by C.laschinger (Transfered by Syp), CC BY 2.0. Source
Portrait of Fred Ramsdell
Fred Ramsdell
US Embassy Sweden, CC BY 4.0. Source
Portrait of Gary Ruvkun
Gary Ruvkun
Arthur Petron, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of Geoffrey Hinton
Geoffrey Hinton
Cmichel67, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of Giorgio Parisi
Giorgio Parisi
Lorenza Parisi, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of Guido W. Imbens
Guido W. Imbens
Filetime, CC0. Source
Portrait of Han Kang
Han Kang
John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of Harvey J. Alter
Harvey J. Alter
Unknown author, Public domain. Source
Portrait of James A. Robinson
James A. Robinson
https://www.kmu.gov.ua/, CC BY 4.0. Source
Portrait of Jennifer A. Doudna
Jennifer A. Doudna
Duncan.Hull, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of Joel Mokyr
Joel Mokyr
יואל מוקיר (המצולם), CC BY-SA 3.0. Source
Portrait of John Clarke
John Clarke
UC Berkeley, CC BY 4.0. Source
Portrait of John Clauser
John Clauser
Peter Lyons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of John J. Hopfield
John J. Hopfield
bhadeshia123, CC BY 3.0. Source
Portrait of John Jumper
John Jumper
John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of John M. Martinis
John M. Martinis
Karen Zhou, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of Jon Fosse
Jon Fosse
Tom A. Kolstad/Det norske samlaget., CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of Joshua D. Angrist
Joshua D. Angrist
MeJudice, CC BY 3.0. Source
Portrait of K. Barry Sharpless
K. Barry Sharpless
Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of Katalin Karikó
Katalin Karikó
File:Katalin Kariko.jpg: Krdobyns derivative work: Innisfree987, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of László Krasznahorkai
László Krasznahorkai
Miklós Déri, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of Louise Glück
Louise Glück
Gerard Malanga, Public domain. Source
Portrait of Maria Corina Machado
Maria Corina Machado
Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of Maria Ressa
Maria Ressa
Jaramo81, CC BY 4.0. Source
Portrait of Michael Houghton
Michael Houghton
Kerry Angelo Piper, CC BY 2.0. Source
Portrait of Michel H. Devoret
Michel H. Devoret
Christian Ursilva from København, Danmark, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of Morten Meldal
Morten Meldal
Archivo Fotográfico Universidad de Navarra, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of Moungi Bawendi
Moungi Bawendi
US Embassy Sweden, CC BY 2.0. Source
Portrait of Narges Mohammadi
Narges Mohammadi
VOA, Public domain. Source
Portrait of Nihon Hidankyo
Nihon Hidankyo
Buroll, Public domain. Source
Portrait of Omar M. Yaghi
Omar M. Yaghi
File:Yaghi3.jpg: Boasap (talk) derivative work: Michał Ski, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source
Portrait of Paul R. Milgrom
Paul R. Milgrom
Eva Meyersson Milgrom, Public domain. Source
Portrait of Peter Howitt
Peter Howitt
Karen Zhou, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of Philip Dybvig
Philip Dybvig
US Embassy Sweden, CC BY 2.0. Source
Portrait of Philippe Aghion
Philippe Aghion
File:Phillipe Aghion - The State of France (cropped).jpg: Center for the Study of Europe Boston University from Boston, USA derivative work: TeKaBe, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source
Portrait of Reinhard Genzel
Reinhard Genzel
MPE, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source
Portrait of Roger Penrose
Roger Penrose
Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0. Source
Portrait of Shimon Sakaguchi
Shimon Sakaguchi
大臣官房人事課, CC BY 4.0. Source
Portrait of Simon Johnson
Simon Johnson
New Economic Thinking, CC BY 3.0. Source
Portrait of Susumu Kitagawa
Susumu Kitagawa
日本学士院, CC BY 4.0. Source
Portrait of Svante Pääbo
Svante Pääbo
Duncan.Hull, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of Syukuro Manabe
Syukuro Manabe
Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden, CC BY 2.0. Source
Portrait of Victor Ambros
Victor Ambros
Arthur Petron, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Portrait of World Food Programme
World Food Programme
Kaga tau, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

Build & design

Concept diagrams and hero art are hand-authored or procedurally generated as SVG, so the site ships no third-party image assets beyond the credited portraits. The site is built with Astro, runs as static files with no server, and works offline once loaded.