The Nobel Prize To Establish The Impact Of The Scientific Establishment

Science is a social institution that has special values, aims and ethos. Scientific institution has developed a series of control means that fits in the motion of it; the scientific award system is one of important aspects. The world-famous Nobel Prize is a typical case of scientific award system. It has been involved in a course of self-institutionalization.In view of the traditional sociology of science of Merton, the article studies on the influences that the Nobel Prize has made on scientific institution. Investigating the aspect that the Nobel Prize influences the aim and standards of scientific institution and the grades in the scientific circles, we can make a series of true conclusions: the rigorous system which decides on awards and the selections to the type of the achievements rewarding make clear that the Nobel Prize has not only promoted the realization of the aim of the scientific institution that it is to expand the correct knowledge tested, but also strengthened this aim positively; the examples that the article lists illustrate that the Nobel Prize has play a great exemplary role on the respect that it pushes on the motion of the standards of the scientific institution; the teacher-student phenomenon exited among Nobel Prize winners provides an angle of view to probe into the aspect that the Nobel Prize has influenced the grades in the scientific circles, and promoted the good motion of scientific institution finally by promoting the young top-notch person of extraordinary ability. ]...