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
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October means Nobel Prize time. That’s when committees in Stockholm and Oslo announce the winners of what many consider the most prestigious awards in the world. This year’s Nobel season kicked off Oct. 5 with the medicine award being announced for the 106th time. The prize in medicine was awarded jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Omura and Youyou Tu. Daily announcements follow this week with physics on Oct. 6 being awarded to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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The Nobel Prize Winners In Economic Sciences On October 14th The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2013 was awarded jointly to Eugene F. Fama‚ Robert J. Shiller and Lars Peter Hansen "for their empirical analysis of asset prices". The first one of them Eugene Fama is an American economist born in 1939 and working at the University of Chicago. He is the author of the theory that asset prices perfectly reflect all available information. Fama was mainly honored
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defines the Nobel Prize as any of various annual prizes (as in peace‚ literature‚ medicine) established by the will of Alfred Nobel for the encouragement of persons who work for the interests of humanity. The "Peace" prize differs from the others in the fact that it can be awarded to either an individual or a group. Another distinction is that while the others are awarded for achievements reached‚ the Peace prize can be given to those for their "current" efforts. A few Nobel Peace Prize winners that
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Edward C. Prescott‚ a 63 year old professor at the Arizona State University and Finn Kydland‚ a 60 year old Norwegian professor were awarded the Nobel Prize for there economic studies‚ particularly on monetary policy. Finn Kydland teaches at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and also at the University of California at Santa Barbra. Prescott and Kydland frequently collaborate on their economic policy studies. Banks around the world undertook reforms recently do to low and stable inflation
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351 Due 12/08/11 Unbowed: A Memoir by Wangari Maathai Unbowed was written to tell the captivating life story of Wangari Maathai. Maathai was a woman from Kenya who struggled against oppression due to her gender‚ ethnicity‚ and political belief. This woman achieved many first for the women of Kenya. She established the international Green Belt Movement‚ earned her Ph. D‚ and was the first African woman and environmentalist to win the Nobel Peace Prize. This story gave life to what we learned
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Noble Prize The Nobel Prize is one of the most prestigious awards that a person can receive. The history of the Nobel Prize dates back to the 1901. Nobel‚ Alfred Bernhard is the founder of the Nobel Prize. Nobel‚ Alfred Bernhard was an inventor‚ chemist‚ engineer‚ writer‚ and a businessman. He had no children or wife to will his fortune‚ so he decides to establish an award to honor people for their achievements in Physics‚ Chemistry‚ Physiology‚ Medicine‚ Literature and Peace. Later in
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"Once upon a time there was an old woman. Blind but wise." Or was it an old man? A guru‚ perhaps. Or a griot soothing restless children. I have heard this story‚ or one exactly like it‚ in the lore of several cultures. "Once upon a time there was an old woman. Blind. Wise." In the version I know the woman is the daughter of slaves‚ black‚ American‚ and lives alone in a small house outside of town. Her reputation for wisdom is without peer and without question. Among her people she is both the
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of freedom and the quest for truth‚ his work has exerted a far-reaching influence on our age. Since my fellow teachers and I have always hold Mr. Sartre in the highest regard‚ I sincerely recommend Jean-Paul Sartre as the ideal winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. If any questions occur feel free to contact me. Sincerely yours‚ Janiek Bouman Professor French literature École normale supérieure‚
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The Nobel Prize in Physics Serge Haroche‚ David J. Wineland The Nobel Prize in Chemistry Robert J. Lefkowitz‚ Brian K. Kobilka The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Sir John B. Gurdon‚ Shinya Yamanaka The Nobel Prize in Literature Mo Yan The Nobel Peace Prize European Union (EU) The Prize in Economic Sciences Alvin E. Roth‚ Lloyd S. Shapley 2011 The Nobel Prize in Physics Saul Perlmutter‚ Brian P. Schmidt‚ Adam G. Riess The Nobel Prize in Chemistry Dan Shechtman The Nobel Prize
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