Nobel Prize

Different perspectives may lead to different things but in this case there are two similarities and a difference in Martin Luther King’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance speech and in President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize speech. Both King and Obama express and explain their views on how things should be and how they should be done. In both speeches, Martin Luther King and President Barack Obama talk about violence but in different ways. King’s examples are about how violence is used for…

convinced the German people that he could bring them out of their misery and help the country. So he blamed Germany 's problems on the Jews. One Holocaust survivor is Elie Wiesel, author of the book Night, a memoir. Another work by Wiesel is his "Nobel Prize Acceptance…

In 1993 Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. This is hardly surprising considering the work he has done I extend my heartfelt thanks to the Norwegian Nobel Committee for elevating us to the status of a Nobel Peace Prize winner. I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate my compatriot and fellow laureate, State President F.W. de Klerk, on his receipt of this high honour.Mandela fought for Equal opportunity, freedom and human rights. Mandela said in he…

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…

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…

Barack Obama earned the Nobel Peace Prize through his efforts while being the Forty-Fourth president. For example Obama was very skilled at “finding common ground with enemies” according to (Norwegian Institute). Many of Obama's accomplishments were done during his presidency. Having 8 years in the seat He was able to accomplish much. Obama was seen as a “world healer… an antidote to George H W Bush” (Barack Obama 2011). Being the first African American president he gave a voice to a previously…

The first woman to win a noble prize for not just Physics but Chemistry too, would have a dramatic impact on the world as we know it today. Marie Salomea Sklodowska was a polish scientist, born on November 7, 1867 in Warsaw, Congress Kingdom of Poland, Russia. Marie’s mother, Bronislawa, and father, Wladyslaw, were both teachers and wanted Marie to have an education. During school when Marie became fascinated with the art of science Marie’s parents were extremely encouraging and supportive.…

benefits and disadvantages of it. Thanks to Currie radioactivity is now frequently used to treat cancer and has the potential to save lives. Marie Currie was a powerful figure who benefitted society’s view of women through her winning of two Nobel Prizes, discovering radioactivity and two periodic table elements, and founding…

Steinbeck is a celebrated author around the world. John Ernst Steinbeck III was a American Novelist that won the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize during his prime and achieved this while passing through some roadblocks in his life. Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California on the 27th of February in 1902. Born with his 3 sisters, his only siblings, his father worked as a treasurer of Monterey County and his mother worked as a schoolteacher. After high school graduation, Steinbeck enrolled at Stanford…

One of the most famous women in physics back in the early 1900s was Marie Sklodowska. While she was in physics, Marie won two nobel prizes. Also, she discovered the elements Radium and Polonium. Marie had to conquer many hardships to get all these awards. Marie Sklodowska was born in Warshow, Portland on November 7, 1867. She was the youngest of five children, and that family was already very poor. Her mother was a poor schoolroom teacher that was named, Bronislawa Sklodowska. Her father was…