talking to himself "the ideas I had about supernatural beings came to me the same way that my mathematical ideas did. So I took them seriously" (Nasar 11). John Forbes Nash Jr. is recognized as one of the most intelligent men in history. He is a Nobel Laureate (Charles 21). He is a holder of an honorary appointment in mathematics at Princeton University (Nasar 310). He is the man character of a film that ended up winning the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2000 (Oscar Legacy: Past Winners). By
service from 1939 to 1951, proposed the Marshall Plan, and was awarded the Nobel Prize. From 1924 to 1927, Marshall served in China and then successively as instructor in the Army War College in 1927, as assistant commandant of the Infantry School from 1927 to 1936. In 1936, Marshall was appointed commander of the Fifth Infantry Brigade. I July of 1938, Marshall accepted a position with General Staff in Washington, D. C (The Nobel Foundation 1). In September of 1939, President Roosevelt named George Catlett
ever win a Nobel prize, and the first ever to win two Nobel prizes. She is most famous for the discovery of Radium and Polonium. Her work not only influenced the development of fundamental science, but also began a new era in medical research and treatment. Maria was the last of five children. Her oldest sister died of Typhus, one sister became a teacher and a brother and a sister both became physicians. Her family was not very rich, but education was highly valued by the Sklodowska family. Maria's
ALFRED BRNHARD NOBEL Alfred Bernhard Nobel is a scientist ,author, pacifist, and above all of that he is inventor of dynamite and the holder of 355 patents. He was born on October, 21, 1833, in Stockholm, Sweden and he is the fourth of Immanuel and Caroline Andriette Nobel’s eight children. He was raised in the capital of Russia where there were a wonderful mixture of different cultures and nationalities, and a great harmony between science and literature. Alfred was a weak child who always got
Alfred Nobel: The Man behind the Prize. Alfred Nobel is known for starting the Nobel Prize. This prize is given every year to some of the greatest minds in the world who through their work, help to better society. In opposition to the improvement of society, is the fact that Nobel’s other known inventions brought much death and destruction to the world (Frost). This combination of inventions helps to pose the question who was Alfred Nobel, and why did Nobel create this prize to help the world. In
the town of Hungary. Wiesel went through a lot of hard times as a youngster. In 1944, Wiesel was deported by the nazis and taken to the concentration camps. His family was sent to the town of Auschwitz. The father, mother, and sister of Wiesel died in the concentration camps. His older sister and himself were the only to survive in his family. After surviving the concentration camps, Wiesel moved to Paris, where he studied literature at the Sorbonne from 1948-1951. Since 1949 he has worked as a foreign
explains how he used everyday tools to make scientific discoveries. How he describes his methods in a simple way makes science enjoyable and understandable, even to the average reader. I enjoyed reading the essay entitled "The Amateur Scientist," by Nobel prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman (1918-1988). I found it to be very interesting and felt that Mr. Feynman was very thoughtful. Rather than explain in technical detail about his work in physics, Feynman instead related interesting anecdotes throughout
Alfred Nobel permitted his fortune to fund the Nobel Prize awards . Five years after Alfred Nobel's death the first Nobel Prize was given to the laureates on 10 December, 1901. The Nobel Prize is given in 6 different categories, each year on December the 10th in the field of Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, literature, Peace and Economics. The Nobel Prize is a worldwide educational award which is only awarded in Stockholm, Sweden. The Peace Prize is given in Oslo, Norway. The purpose of this study
As the Nobel Prize winner in 1968, Yasunari Kawabata is one of the most influential Japanese New-Sense authors. He was born in a wealthy family on June 11, 1899 in Osaka, a big industrial town (Yasunari). Since his parents died from illness at his age of three, he was raised up by his grandfather and lived an enclosed childhood life. The loneliness of childhood caused his depressive personality after he became an adult. After he went to school, his grandfather, grandmother and sister died successively
CONTENT: 1.ALFRED BERNHARDT NOBEL 2.HISTORY OF THE NOBEL PRIZES 3.CRITERIA FOR AWARDING THE PRIZE 4.WOMEN NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS 5.WOMEN NOMINAZED AT THE NOBEL PRIZES 6.CONCLUSIONS-HALL OF FAME OF THE NOBEL PRIZES AND THEIR ROLE 7.BIBLIOGRAPHY MOTTO: With most sincere appreciation and respect, I thank Mrs.Chira Carmen for the valuable advises she gave me in the process of this project’s elaboration. I also express my gratitude for the attention and support she has given
Alfred Nobel was a man who affected the world with explosives. Alfred Nobel was once nicknamed "Europe's richest vagabond". He had 355 patents before he died. Alfred Nobel's last will left 31 million SEK (today around 265 million U.S. dollars) to create and fund the Nobel Prizes. Alfred Nobel had a big impact on the world. Alfred was a talented child. Alfred was born on October 21, 1833, in Stockholm, Sweden. Alfred's grades in school were very high. To expand his vocabulary, Alfred memorized dictionary
Alfred Nobel Alfred Nobel is known for his famous invention. He invented dynamite and founded the Nobel Prizes. Alfred was an incredible man and accomplished many things in his life that started on October 21, 1833 and ended on December 10, 1896. He was an inventor, Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and an armaments manufacturer. Alfred's life was not always great, as he was born into a poor family in Stockholm, Sweden and experienced many accidents. Alfred's father manufactured military equipment
named Alfred Nobel. Alfred Noble was born on October 21, 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden. IN order to improve the family’s financial situation, Alfred’s father Immanuel Nobel moved the family company to St. Petersburg Russia. In Russia, the business prospered and Alfred’s father was able to give is sons the best education of that time. Alfred was fluent in 6 languages and was skilled in writing. However, his father forced him to give up writing to become a chemist so he could work for the family business.
until her mid-twenties, where she went to school and was also taught math and physics by her father. Her oldest sister and mother passed away during her childhood—her sister dying from typhus and her mother dying from tuberculosis. The deaths in her family caused Marie to become agnostic at the age of fifteen. Due to the fact that she was a woman, Marie was not able to receive a better education at normal institutions so she and her sister involved themselves with Flying University—a university that
The Sacred Language of Toni Morrison Toni Morrison makes a good point when, in her acceptance speech upon receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature, she says, “Narrative . . . is . . . one of the principal ways in which we absorb knowledge” (7). The words we use and the way in which we use them is how we, as humans, communicate to each other our thoughts, feelings, and actions and therefore our knowledge of the world and its peoples. Knowledge is power. In this way, our language, too, is powerful
fame and fortune. Fame and fortune as a motive for scientific discovery is a popular theme in fictional writing, especially in Cantor's Dilemma by Carl Djerassi. Cantor's Dilemma is a novel of the struggles of two scientists through life and a Nobel Prize "campaign". As one digs deeper into the context of the novel, one finds it similar to that of a political race, a fight for glory. For example, the "Cantor-Stafford experiment", the first tumorigenesis experiment tested in the novel, was not
the most influential discoveries of history. Everyday life would be entirely different without her discoveries and impact on women. “Marie Curie was a woman of firsts. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win two of them, and the first of only two people to win a Nobel Prize in two different fields. She coined the term ‘radioactivity’, discovered two elements, and became the first female professor at the University of Paris” (Gaylord csmointer.com). “The life of Marie
On December 10, 1950, William Faulkner won a Nobel Prize and gave an acceptance speech in Stockholm Sweden. In his speech he explained his trust and advice for future writers, and mentioned the importance to put their soul, sweat, agony, and heart into their work, only then can true work come about. As Faulkner spoke of this, it can only be wondered how this applies to his very dark short story, A Rose for Emily. This creepy text could be automatically by cast out as a depressing story about a woman
Toni Morrison, a former Nobel prize recipient, is known for her amply detailed novels involving African American culture and experiences. Today she is acknowledged as one of the best American Authors in the world. Toni Morrison was born on February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. Her original name was Chloe Anthony Wofford.Her father’s name was George Wofford and her mother’s name was Ella Ramah Wofford(Samuels). Morrison changed her name because friends and family gave her a nickname Toni and she got
Relationship between Heart Of Darkness, The Hollow Men, and Apocalypse Now The Hollow Men is a poem by T.S. Eliot who won the Nobel Prize in 1948 for all his great accomplishments. The Hollow Men is about the hollowness that all people have; while Heart of Darkness is a story of the darkness that all people have. The poem written by Eliot was greatly influenced by Conrad and Dante. Some people may even think that WWI also influenced it. It was written after World War I and could be describing