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    of his works are: synthesis of glucose‚ fructose‚ mannose starting with glycerol‚ and establishing structures for the 16 stereoisomers of the aldohexoses with glucose as the most prominent member. | Paul Dirac | 1902 - 1984 | He received a Nobel prize in 1933 for the work on anti-particles. The "Dirac equation" was a version of the Schrodinger’s equation. |

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    Toni Morrison: Changing The Game Author Toni Morrison shaped the culture of writing in three main areas; she garnered attention and award of the Nobel Prize society‚ she captured minds of reading audiences in a way that other black authors had not‚ and she gave a voice to difficult subject matters that has been followed by modern authors. The following from one of her novels gives good example of her journey; “You can’t do it all. You a woman and a colored woman at that. You can’t act like a man

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    Military Cross for his bravery. He was also responsible for one of the greatest achievements in medical history‚ the discovery of insulin in 1922. He had saved the lives of countless diabetics throughout the world. Frederick Banting won the first Nobel Prize for Canadians in Medicine and Physiology in 1923‚ for no single event in the history of medicine had so dramatically changed the lives of so many people. He was also knighted in 1934. Mr. Banting was the greatest medical scientist known to mankind

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    science‚ medicine and law degrees and honorary memberships of learned societies throughout the world. Together with her husband‚ she was awarded half of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903‚ for their study into the spontaneous radiation discovered by Becquerel‚ who was awarded the other half of the Prize. In 1911 she received a second Nobel Prize‚ this time in Chemistry‚ in recognition of her work in radioactivity. She also received‚ jointly with her husband‚ the Davy Medal of the Royal Society in 1903

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    Biography of Elinor Ostrom

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    BuDAPEST BUSINESS SCHOOL | Life and work of Elinor Ostrom | Nobel prize winner for Economical Sciences in 2009 | | Alexa Andra | 5/1/2013 | | Contents Introduction 3 Early Life and Education 4 Career 6 1. Positions held 6 2. Early work 8 3. Later work 8 Nobel Prize 9 1. Small review of Elinor Ostrom research 10 2. Prize lecture 11 Conclusion 15 References 16 Introduction Elinor Ostrom (1933-2012)‚ or cordially

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    SEKOLAH MENENGAH SAINS TUN SYED SHAHABUDIN SPORTS DAY. On 22 June 2013‚ our school had organized a sports day in conjunction with the sports month. The purpose of this event is to encourage and motivate students to show their hidden talents and ability in sports. It is also to build and increase the self-confidence among students. On our red letter day‚ it began with the opening speech from the principal of our beloved school. In his speech‚ there are a lot of good messages delivered to all members

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    wholeheartedly to the lives of the poor since her early age‚ she showed love‚ compassion‚ sympathy‚ selflessness and faith through her life. The impact that she had on the lives of others is still felt around the world after years of her death. The Nobel Prize winner set a good example of deeply devoting into humanity services. Since her early age‚ she wished to help the poor and loved the stories of missionaries’ lives and devoted deeply into her humanity work ever since. (Mother Teresa Early Life)

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    She is the recipient of several prizes and awards: the P. E. N. Asian Poetry Prize‚ Kerala Sahitya Academy Award for fiction‚ Asian World Prize for literature‚ Kendra Sahitya Academy Award etc. She was short listed for the Nobel Prize along with Marguerite Yourcenar‚ Doris Lessing and Nadine Gordimer. Her poetical collection includes: Summer in Calcutta (1965)‚ The Descendants (1967)‚ The Old Playhouse and Other Poems (1973)‚ Collected Poems I (1984)‚ The Best of Kamala Das (1991) and Only the Soul

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    the 1962 Nobel Prize Winner and in his speech he had many connections to one of his famous books‚ Of Mice and Men. He talked about the hard times that humanity had faced such as the Great Depression‚ World War 2‚ Korean war‚ and Civil Rights movements. In these times humans started to do non human like things to survive. Steinbeck has lived through both the highs and lows of humanity‚ and the time between the publishment of the book Of Mice and Men to the acceptance of his Nobel Prize‚ was a miserable

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    his schizophrenia. He culminates up back at Princeton and convinces his old friend‚ Martin Henson to give him a job. His goal at this time is to get out in the real world and later on to be a teacher/Professor. He culminates up winning the Nobel Prize for his game theory. John defiantly has lots of obstacles and problems to confront. His first was when he was asked to play that board game with a schoolmate‚ Martin Henson. I feel he was asked by Martin to prove to the other men that John wasn’t

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