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- 21: Nies Bohr
- Niels Hendrik David Bohr Niels Hendrik David Bohr was one of the foremost scientists of the 20th century. The Nobel prizewinning physicist was known for his development of the theory of atomic fission that led to the development of the atomic bomb. He was born on Oct. 7, 1885, in ... at the university. He became the director of the university's Institute for Theoretical Physics in 1920, to which he attracted many world-renowned physicist. In 1922, he won the Nobel Prize for his work on the atomic structure. When he visited the United States in 1939, he brought the knowledge that the German scientists were successful in splitting the uranium ... of his Jewish background, and went to Los Alamos, North Mexico, were he helped scientist who were working on the first atomic bomb. Before he left, he dissolved his golden Nobel medal in acid. In 1945, after the war was over, he returned to his country, and precipitated the gold from acid and recast the medal. Bohr worked very hard ...
- 22: Mother Teresa
- ... invitation to work with the poor in any country. In the coarse of her mission, Mother Teresa received many awards. Perhaps one of the most prestigious of these was the Nobel Peace Prize. On December 9, 1979, Mother Teresa was presented with the Nobel Peace Prize in a glorious atmosphere of beautiful flowers and cheering people. Along with the award, she was presented with $190,000. She received the prize for her outstanding work with the poor and her overall love for people. In her acceptance speech, she stressed the need for people to love each other. Three months after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa was presented with India’s greatest award, the Bharat Ratna, or the Jewel of India. Mother Teresa’s work in the United States grew and ...
- 23: Gabriel Garcia Marquez (spanis
- ... a Zipaquira, donde fue becado para estudiar bachillerato. "Alli, como no tenía suficiente dinero para perder ni suficiente billar para ganar, preferia quedarme en el cuarto encerrado, leyendo", comenta el Nobel. En 1946 termino bachillerato. Al año siguiente se matriculo en la Facultad de Ciencias Politicas de la Universidad Nacional y edito en diario "El Espectador" su cuento, "La primera designacion ... Venezuela, Colombia y otros muchos. El 11 de diciembre de 1982, despues de que por votacion unanime de los 18 miembros de la Academia Sueca, fue galardonado con el Premio Nobel de Literatura por su obra. La vida y obra del Nobel Garcia Marquez ha sido reconocida publicamente: en 1961 recibio el Premio Esso, en 1977, fue homenajeado en el XIII Congreso Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana; en 1971, declarado "Doctor Honoris ...
- 24: Martin Luther King
- ... a compliment and he came to the realization that the world was in dire need for more extremists. King did not want to be remembered after his death by his Nobel Peace Prize or his many other awards, he wanted people to say "...that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to love somebody...And I want you to say that I tried ... For his actions on behalf of peace he received the highest and most recognizable award in the world for his work and achievements. In December of 1964 King received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway for his outstanding work in the American Civil Rights movement. Every great leader have most of the same qualities and values that make up their ... speeches and writings. During the year following the March, MLK renown grew as he became Time magazines Man of the Year and then in 1964 was the recipient of the Nobel Peace prize. Despite all the fame and accolades MLK faced many challenges to his leadership. However MLK’s effectiveness in achieving his objectives was not limited and after achieving ...
- 25: Fritz Haber
- ... the well-known process of synthesizing ammonia from its elements. While primarily known for developing a process which ultimately relieved the world of dependence on Chilean ammonia, this twentieth century Nobel prize winner was also involved in the varying fortunes of Germany in World War I and in the rise to power of the Nazi regime. Haber was born on December ... the outcome of the war and feeling some responsibility for his country's failure, he was near nervous exhaustion. The Swedish Academy of Science had passed him over for a Nobel Prize for his ammonia synthesis discovery, but later decided to give him the award in 1918. Despite the great honor, his role in chemical warfare had left him isolated from ... appropriate illustration that science is a world-wide activity, not necessarily a geo-political one. Bibliography "Editor's Outlook," Journal of Chemical Education, 1931, 84, pp. 1-3. Farber, Edward, Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry, Abelard-Schuman, New York, 1953. Farber, Edward, Great Chemists, Interscience Publishers, New York, 1961. Gillispie, Charles C., Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Vol.5, Scribner's, ...
- 26: Ch.23 Study Guide
- I. 1.Miguel Angel Asturias- A Nobel Prize wining novelist and poet from Guatemala. Wrote about his experience under a dictatorship. Established small-town life and a clash of cultures as themes 2.Frida Kahlo- Started painting ... Luis Munoz Marin – Became Puerto Rico’s first elected governor in the 1950s. He supported a program to encourage tourism and develop industry on the island. 5.Gabriel Garcia Marquez- Nobel Prize winning author in Columbia. Wrote in a Style called magical realism. Most popular novel was One Hundred years of Solitude. 6.James Munroe – Issued the Munroe Doctrine in 1823 which disallowed colonization in the Americas 7.Pablo Neruda - Chile’s Nobel Prize winning poet who criticized the United States for using its power and wealth to carve up Panama. 8.Manuel Noriega – Panama’s president who was charged by the ...
- 27: Marie Curie
- ... a fraction of a gram of radium. In 1903, Marie Curie obtained her doctorate for a thesis on radioactive substances, and with her husband and Henri Becquerel she won the Nobel Prize for physics for the joint discovery of radioactivity. Finally, the Curies financial aspect was relieved, and the following year Pierre was made the professor at the Sorbonne, and Marie ... s post at the Sorbonne, thus making her the first female lecturer at the Sorbonne, and in 1908 she was appointed the professor. In 1911 she received an unprecedented second Nobel prize, this time in chemistry for her work on radium and it's compound. During World War I, Madame Curie dedicated herself entirely to the development of the use of ... scholarships and lectured abroad. Marie Curie died on July 4, 1934 of Leukemia, which was undoubtedly caused by prolonged exposure to radiation. A year later Irene and Fredric won the Nobel prize in chemistry for the synthesis of new radioactive elements. ELEMENTS MARIE DISCOVERED Polonium is a rare metallic element, which naturally occurs in uranium ore pitchblende. But most commonly ...
- 28: Linus Carl Pauling
- ... of proteins, including hemoglobin, and discovered that cell deformity in sickle- cell anemia is caused by a genetic defect that influences the production of hemoglobin. He was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work. In later years Pauling fought ardently against nuclear weapons testing, warning the public of the biological dangers of radioactive fallout, and presented a petition to the United Nations in 1958 signed by over 11,000 other scientists. In 1962 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the second person, after Marie Curie, to win two Nobel Prizes. Throughout his scientific career, Pauling has followed his creative hunches, no matter how controversial they were. In 1970, for example, he advocated large doses of vitamin C to ...
- 29: George Brenard Shaw
- ... 1892 Shaw’s first play, Widower’s Houses, performed in London. Shaw continued to right plays such as Overruled, Man of Destiny , and Great Catherine. In 1926 he received the Nobel Prize for Literature. Even though he was awarded a large sum of money for winning the Nobel Prize he turned it down. After winning the Nobel Prize Shaw went on to write even more plays. In 1929 the first Shaw Festival was held at Malvern, and opened with The Apple Cart. One famous achievement that ...
- 30: Macbeth: Aristotelian Tragedy
- ... Macbeth follows Aristotle's expectations of a complete action. Shakespeare's Macbeth also contains a noble and moral action that creates the foundation of the plot. Whether Shakespeare provides a nobel action, however, is an issue of the culture of his time. Macbeth was written during the Elizabethan age where ambition was highly regarded. Ambition was and is a pious and admirable quality, one of nobility. So essentially the imitation of action, the plot, of Macbeth is one of a nobel and complete action. In accordance with Aristotle's expectations of a Tragedy, containing a nobel and complete action, irony is one of the most important elements when imitating an action. In Shakespeare's Macbeth there are many ironic statements regarding the action of murder ...
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