Alfred Nobel

The Salvation Army is an international Christian charitable organization that seeks to bring salvation to the impecunious, needy and deprived by improving their lives through a spiritual and physical way. It is currently active in 127 countries with different challenges for each different location but ultimately, The Salvation Army’s common goal is to aid those who are in suffering and to act for social justice. Early this year in February, there was a viral photo of a dress which became…

scientist the fight against cancer or something as simple as getting an x-ray would not be what it is today. Her research has helped to save the lives of millions. In order to accomplish everything she did (Founder of Curic Instutes, winner of two Nobel Prizes, discovering two new chemical elements) being a woman in a time where women were considered to be second class citizens, just goes to show how truly special Marie Curie is. Marie was born as Maria Salomea Sklodowska on November 7, 1867 in…

formula was created that could remove the risk from investments. Many financial derivatives were invented to exploit the BS formula. So after the academics received the Nobel price, LTCM (long term capital management) was created (smart guys going to the market). In 1995 the hedge fund LTCM (long term capital management) was created. The Nobel prize winners had no problem raising the capital and became what could be the team of the century. Within months $3bill raised. Started investing. Nobody…

Deneicen Fernandez Mrs. Pickett English 10, A-3 November 13, 2015 Important and Valuable Leadership Traits Throughout time in history, we’ve gained various types of leaders depending on race, gender, and religion. With these leaders, comes a big difference in traits in each leader. It’s hard to choose a few traits that make up a leader when there are numerous valuable traits a leader should have. The three valuable and important traits found in a leader are hard-working, an open-mind, and…

William Golding was an English novelist, playwright, and poet. Golding was best known for his Novel, Lord of the Flies, in which he won the Nobel Prize for Best Literature and was awarded the Booker Prize in 1980 for Fiction. In this book, the author talks about how a group of British boys crash land on a stranded island with no adults. In the beginning, Ralph the main character, takes charge due to his age and sets up a way for everyone to share their ideas through the Conch. Later Ralph is…

should win the Nobel Prize, not just because of his work with Ebola, but his work with other diseases as well. He has made a great contribution to science with his detailed field studies of various deadly viruses. He has gotten little or no recognition for his efforts to prevent deadly pandemics from sweeping through the human race. He has put his life on the line many times to preserve the quality of life we enjoy, and should be shown our appreciation with the presentation of the Nobel…

The Beginning of Rosalind Franklin Rosalind Franklin was a female chemist and physician (X-Ray Crystallographer). She helped the world understand the molecular structures of viruses, DNA, Graphite, Coal, and RNA. She was born July 25, 1920 in Notting Hill, London. She had a very large family with four siblings, and her family was able to take care of themselves. They were also highly involved in public social works. Then however, in the year of 1958 Rosalind’s life had come to an end. She died…

PART A: LISTENING NOTES PART B: SUMMARRY The episode THE SHAW PRIZE: ASTRONOMY/MATHS broadcast on Sep. 7th , 2015, recounts the stories of Shall Prize laureates. They are Bill Burocki, an astronomer, Gerd Faltings and Henryk Iwaniezproletarian, mathematicians. They crowned share of Shaw Prize for making fundamental contribution to astronomy and mathematics. The Shaw Prize is an internationally prestigious award to recommend excellency in astronomy, life science and…

Each year, the Nobel Prize awards people with outstanding contributions for humanity in chemistry, literature, peace, physiology or medicine, and physics. This year the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics to Takaaki Kajita from Japan and Arthur B. McDonald from Canada “for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass.” Their discovery was announced to be a historic discovery for particle physics. After a various amount…

Lomonosov’s interests were wide spread as was his influence. Beyond literature, Lomonosov had a great impact on science through his discoveries. He was a polymath and worked on many different areas including chemistry, physics, astronomy, meteorology, mineralogy, and metallurgy (Vernadsky 38). Most of his earlier career was focused physics and chemistry. His work in physics focused for a period on electricity where he did many experiments with Georg Wilhelm Richmann, a German at the Academy of…