The Nobel Prize is an annual international award. It is bestowed in a number of categories by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel‚ the inventor of dynamite‚ established the prizes in 1895. The prizes in Physics‚ Chemistry‚ Physiology or Medicine‚ Literature‚ and Peace were first awarded in 1901. The Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo‚ Norway‚ while the other prizes are awarded in Stockholm‚ Sweden. The Nobel Prize
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As the world started changing itself. Technology and mechanical replacing human forces. Daily uses item around us. The invention that changed people’s lifestyle and living. Did people ever look back to what was the beginning of all this technology. The power introduced a big step into the modern ages. All of history in the past indicated that‚ the Industrial Revolution have lead to inventions that impact social‚ economic‚ and government since the nineteenth century. The Industrial Revolution was
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Archimedes was among the greatest mathematicians of antiquity. Mathematicians usually cover a breadth of topics within mathematics in their undergraduate education‚ and then proceed to specialize in topics of their own choice at the graduate-level. In some universities‚ a qualifying exam serves to test both the breadth and depth of a student’s understanding of mathematics; the students who pass are permitted to work on a doctoral dissertation. A mathematician is a person with an extensive knowledge of mathematics who
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Great Souls Nelson Mandela Mandela‚ the South African black political leader and former president‚ was awarded 1993 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to antiracism and antiapartheid. Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of
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received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911. The Nobel Prize is a prize that is annually awarded every year to people with outstanding achievements. Marie Curie was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize and the first person who was honoured with two Nobel Prizes‚ one in physics and one in chemistry. To prove the importance of her work‚ Marie Curie received 15 gold medals‚ 19 degrees‚ and a Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry. The Nobel Prize was named after Alfred Nobel‚ the founder of the Nobel Prize
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Nobel‚ was one of the most ingenious people alive. He created the chemical compound called nitroglycerin‚ also known as dynamite. Alfred was praised for creating dynamite as it forward the industrial industry and sped up railroad working. Though one unfortunate day Alfred’s brother died from an accidental explosion of dynamite. The next day the newspaper ran an obituary of the Nobel’s death‚ but the newspaper was mistaken about which Nobel had died. One afternoon‚ Alfred was reading
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chemist. Marie and her husband Pierre Curie were early researchers in radioactivity. She received her first Nobel Prize in 1903 for physics‚ together with Pierre and Henri Bequerell‚ for research in the area of radioactivity. In 1911‚ she was given a second Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work in discovering radium and polonium. Discovery of Radium and Polonium Marie Curie received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911 for her discovery of radium and polonium. She was able to isolate and study the
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spelling) or another absorbent substance such as powdered shells‚ clay‚ sawdust or wood pulp. Dynamites using organic materials such as sawdust are less stable and such use has been discontinued. It was invented by Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in Krümmel (Geesthacht‚ Schleswig-Holstein‚ Germany)‚ and patented in 1867. Its Greek roots literally mean "connected with power." Dynamite is usually sold in the form of a stick about 8 in (20 cm) long and about 1.25 in (3.2 cm) in diameter
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The Paris Peace Accords of 1973‚ intended to establish peace in Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam ‚ officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam ‚ is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north‚ Laos to the northwest‚ Cambodia to the southwest‚ and the South China Sea‚ referred to as East Sea ‚ to the east... and an end to the Vietnam Conflict‚ ended direct U.S. military involvement and temporarily stopped the fighting between north and
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Shinto’s influence on the government has promoted the respectful interactions between its citizens. Japan’s emperors were chosen through the Sun Line‚ a clan called the Yamato clan that claimed to be decedents from the sun goddess‚ Amaterasu Okami (Andrea). This portrayed the emperor as a divine ruler for the citizens and through the emperor‚ Shinto practice was spread and encouraged throughout the state. Shrines would be funded by the emperor and Shinto ceremonies were used in the imperil court
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