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- 41: Albert Einstein 5
- ... that were published in a major scientific newsletter of the time. The first paper, titled, On A Heuristic Viewpoint Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light, would earn him a Nobel Prize for physics in 1922. His second paper was titled, A Determination on the Sized of Molecules. His third, On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in a Stationary Liquid ... rest of his life. Some of which included the English Royal Society s Copley Medal, the Royal Astronomical Society s Gold Medal, the first German Max Planck Medal, and the Nobel Prize for physics (Swisher 62). Around this time, Hitler and Germany were becoming a world power. In 1932, Einstein and Elsa fled Germany never to return again. In 1940, eight ...
- 42: Robert Andrew Millikan
- ... obtained his Doctorate and stayed on doing research on Cosmic Rays until he retired in 1945. It was while he was at Cal Tech in 1923 that he won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Millikan was the first Cal Tech Doctorate to achieve a Nobel Prize.
- 43: Genetic Engineering 5
- ... body in making money need not set the human condition ahead, neither does every scientific advance automatically make our lives more meaningful (Wald 45). These words were spoken by a Nobel Prize winning biologist and Harvard professor, George Wald, in a lecture given in 1976 on the Dangers of Genetic Engineering. This quotation states that incredible inventions, such as genetic engineering ... genetic engineering has a positive outcome, and occurrences such as diseases or other casualties in nature s balance should be ignored (Bereano 18). Co-discoverer of the DNA code and Nobel Laureate, Dr. James D. Watson, has continuously disregarded the risks of genetic engineering (Bereano 19). In 1979, he wrote the following about possible diseases that might be inadvertently created through ...
- 44: Nothing
- ... to pay for life at Rowan Oak. Faulkner's reputation continued to grow, and some people said he was one of the best American writers. In 1950 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature, probably the highest award for a writer. Faulkner was only the second American to be so honored. Sinclair Lewis, author of Babbit and Main Street, had been ... the government forced them to admit black children, he would resist. Not surprisingly, black leaders were disappointed in Faulkner, and black writers denounced him. Yet, Faulkner gave some of his Nobel Prize money to local black schools, and he sent several black youngsters from Oxford to college in the North. He was capable of helping individual blacks but couldn't understand ...
- 45: An Indian Woman In Guatemala: Without A Trace Of Bitterness In Her Voice
- ... continued her struggle to help her people. as a result of her work on the rights of indigenous people around the world, she was awarded the honor of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992. She still remains a controversial figure in Guatemala, where government officials criticized her selection for the prize. She has been accused of supporting the country's leftist actions and harming Guatemala's image abroad. In awarding the prize, the Nobel committee wanted to draw attention to the plight of Guatemala's Indians in the hope that it would lead to improved conditions. Recently, Guatemalans have found cause for that hope ...
- 46: Apartheid In South Africa
- ... under the Suppression of Communism Act, and Mandella favoured a Westminster type democracy. Finally, after years of international pressure, Mandella was released in February, 1990. In 1993, he shared the Nobel Peace Prize and in 1994, became South African President. DESMOND TUTU Ordained as apriest in 1961, Tutu studied theology in London where he gaine dhis asters degree in 1966. He ... of Churches in the same year. He was honoured world-wide for his determination in resisting apartheid peacefuly. He supported the Free Mandela campaign and promoted peaceful disobidience. Awarded the Nobel piec prize in 1985, he was a powerful voice amongst those calling for economic sanctions to be placed on South Africa. He was Archbishop of Johannesburg, then Cape Town, befor ...
- 47: Aspirin A Brief History
- ... discovering new applications for its wonder drug, possibly helping to prevent everything from heart attacks to certain types of cancer and even Alzheimer's disease. Aspirin: from willow tree to Nobel Prize Aspirin's active ingredient, acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), is the commercially synthesized form of a naturally occurring compound whose uses can be traced back 2,000 years. The compound, called ... anti-inflammatory properties of ASA result from its ability to inhibit the body's production of certain chemical mediators (prostaglandins) that promote inflammation and, therefore, cause pain. Vane received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1982 for this medical research breakthrough. Bayer and aspirin Bayer trademarked "Aspirin" in Germany on March 6, 1899. The name comes from "a" for "acetyl" and ...
- 48: Dawn, By Elie Wiesel
- ... various times for the French, Jewish, periodical, L Arche, Tel-Aviv newspaper Yediot Ahronot, and the Jewish daily forward in New York City. Francois mauriac the Roman Catholic Nobelest and Nobel Laureate convinced Wiesel to speak about the Holocaust. Wiesel wrote an 800 page memoir which he later edited into a smaller version called "Night". In the mid 60 s Wiesel ... The Fifth Son", "Legends Of Our Time", "One Generation After", "A Jew Today", "Souls On Fire", 5 Biblical Figures", and "Somewhere A Hero". Eventually Wiesel went on to win an Nobel Peace Prize. The book Dawn concerns about the experiences of a survivor just after the World War who joins the Jewish Underground efforts to form an independent Israeli state. This ...
- 49: T.S. Eliot
- ... Eliot was shattered by this news and asked a friend "How does one set about dying" (T.S.E.). In 1948 he was delivered happier news, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. This award both stunned and overwhelmed Eliot for he had no clue of how far his writings had traveled. In Eliot’s acceptance speech he said " to ... find the answers. He believes they are beyond his reach, when all the answers lie within himself. 5 Works Cited "Acceptance Speech." On line posting. 9 September 1998. *http://www.nobel.sdsc.edu*. Headings, Philip R. T.S. Eliot Revised Edition. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1982. Litz, Walton A. Eliot in His Time. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1973. Longman, Addison Wesley ...
- 50: The Importance of Gender Conflicts Literature to Society Past and Present
- ... and traveled the literary circle of that community. He returned to Oxford at the end of 1925. On June 20, 1929 he married Estelle Oldham. In 1950 Faulkner received the Nobel Prize for literature. Faulkner died July 16, 1962, the same year he declined an invitation to a White House dinner honoring Nobel Prize winners hosted by President and Mrs. J.F. Kennedy. (Ford & Kincaid 4-11) Sophocles was born at clonus, in 496 B. C.. He won his first victory in tragic ...
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