Nobel Prize

Marie Skłodowska Curie, born Maria Salomea Skłodowska on the 7th of september 1867. She was a polish chemist and physicist who had pioneered research on radioactivity, she was the first woman to receive a nobel prize and later died due to her research. Though, before any of this happened she was the youngest child of née Boguska and Władysław Skłodowski two teachers from Bronisława who lost all their property and fortunes in the Polish national uprisings to restore Poland’s independence from the…

earned his doctoral degree in physics from Leiden University. There he studied his favorite subjects, mathematics and theoretical physics. Tinbergen was the eldest of five children; he would be the first in his family to accomplish the winning of a Nobel Prize, coming from one that had an academic background. Even before obtaining his education at Leiden University he won certificates indicating that he was an exemplary student. He attended a special school for the middle class and there he…

heroes who do not become removed from the pages. One of my confidential all-time heroes is Marie Curie, the early woman to accomplish the Nobel Prize. At a period after women were not allowed to go in the University of Warsaw, her residence metropolis, Marie worked as a governess beforehand becoming…

The internet cannot win a Nobel Peace Prize, nor should it be able to. However the man who engineered the most impactful part of it, the World Wide Web, referred to hereafter as “the web”, can and should. The web opened up vast opportunities that the world would not be the same without, the possibilities that it has created is endless. With this development Tim Berners-Lee significantly changed the way the world interacts, works, and helps each other. As such, due to his creation and what it…

William Faulkner, a commemorated southern writer, argued for artistic integrity in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech. He advises the writers of his day not to write based on the concerns of the present day when he says, “He must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid…” (Faulkner par. 3). He recognizes that it is human nature to fear; thus, this must be acknowledged, so that one does not write deficiently of the human condition. Faulkner spoke in response to the authors of…

Steinbeck conveys many ideas in his Nobel Prize speech that can be related back to Of Mice and Men. The speech Steinbeck gave was during 1962, nearly thirty years after Steinbeck had written Of Mice and Men. Although there is a large gap in the time between the two works of literature, both convey the same ideas. During both of these time periods humanity was not unified as one, but as many separate individuals. In both the novel Of Mice And Men and his Nobel Prize Speech , Steinbeck conveys…

while she studied at the University of Wisconsin. She and her husband, Joshua Lederberg produced a way that they could easily transfer bacteria from one petri dish to another. They called his process replica plating. In 1958, Joshua received the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine because of his and Esther's work. In Joshua's acceptance speech, he mentioned that he enjoyed the company of his colleagues, including his wife. He did not however, mention the important role she had in their…

For example, in 1878 physicist Albert A. Michelson first measured the speed of light; this later played an important role in Albert Einstein’s 1905 development of the “The Special Theory of Relativity”. In 1907, Albert Michelson became the first Nobel Prize winner from the United States ("Albert A. Michelson"). Among the other significant breakthroughs were the discovery of moons orbiting Mars and Jupiter, the exploration of extensive dinosaur fossil fills in Colorado and Wyoming as well as the…

There are tons of powerful women throughout history – ones that have successfully held political positions, advocated for civil rights and women’s rights, or had a profound effect on the outcome of discoveries. While their names may be familiar, there is often a lot more to these figures than just one fact. In honor of Women’s History Month, we gathered five women from our book WHO WINS?: 100 Historical Figures Go Head-to-Head and You Decide the Winner by Clay Swartz, Illustrated by Tom Booth…

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…