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Which Latin inscription appears on the medals for the Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, medicine, and literature?
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The obverse side of the Nobel Prize medals for Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.
The medals for the Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, and literature feature the Latin inscription: "Inventas vitam iuvat excoluisse per artes."1
This phrase, which translates to "And they who bettered life on earth by their newly found mastery," appears on the reverse side of these medals, which were designed by the Swedish sculptor Erik Lindberg in 1901.1