Does chocolate make you clever? By Charlotte Pritchard BBC News Eating more chocolate improves a nation’s chances of producing Nobel Prize winners - or at least that’s what a recent study appears to suggest. But how much chocolate do Nobel laureates eat‚ and how could any such link be explained? The study’s author‚ Franz Messerli of Columbia University‚ started wondering about the power of chocolate after reading that cocoa was good for you. One paper suggested regular cocoa intake led to improved
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tics Antibiotics Several scientists around the beginning of the 20th Century discovered substances that were toxic to bacteria yet not to the human cell. But it wasn’t until Sir Alexander Flemings own discovery in 1928 that everyone took notice. While washing his equipment‚ Sir Fleming noticed a bit of mold attacking a patch of bacteria. It’s frightening to consider how many more people would have died in the 20th Century if Sir Fleming did not have good eyes. Today‚ some complain that
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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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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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