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The Nobel Prize: Carl E. Wieman Biographical
This site from the Nobel e-Museum contains an informative autobiography of Carl E. Wieman, with a particular emphasis on his scientific achievements.
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The Nobel Prize: Chirality Chemistry 2001
In 2001 the Nobel prize in chemistry was awarded for work with Chiral molecules. These molecules can be used to control the speed of chemical reactions. This brief game teaches the basic principles of chirality.
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The Nobel Prize: Structure of Matter
This site provides an illustrated and animated story that seeks to answer several questions. What are atoms made of? What is keeping a nucleus intact? What happens if you try to separate two quarks? Are quarks fundamental?
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The Nobel Prize: Observing the World of Particles
After some brief background information on detectors, this site breaks into information on the cloud chamber, the nuclear emulsion, the bubble chamber, and the multiwire chamber.
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The Nobel Prize: Nelson Mandela and the Rainbow Culture
This detailed article from the Nobel e-museum on the life of Nelson Mandela is organized into the following sections: "Equality and Pluralism," "The Development of 'Colour-blindness,'" "The Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Nehru,"...
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The Nobel Prize: About Diabetes and Insulin
Interactive educational game where the user learns how to manage type-1 diabetes and maintain a healthy blood sugar level in a diabetic dog. Links to information on the discovery of insulin and facts about diabetes.
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The Nobel Prize: The Cell and Its Organelles
Comic book summary of the work of three Nobel laureates credited with devising the means for close inspection of cell organelles. With an accompanying game that tests players' knowledge of the functions of organelles.
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The Nobel Prize: Dna Rna Protein
Through illustrations and data, viewers will understand either basic or advanced levels of DNA replication, RNA transcription, and protein translation. Click on images to move through this interactive program.
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The Nobel Prize: Lord of the Flies
This game, part of the Educational section of the Nobel Prize website, is a good way to test recall of characters, symbolism and other aspects of William Golding's "Lord of the Flies." A fun way to check your understanding of some of the...
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The Nobel Prize: Iron, Steel, and Invar
Read about the history of iron use and the many applications of steel in modern life. Learn about how iron is extracted from ore, how steel is made, and the invention of invar, an iron-nickel alloy, by physicist Charles Edouard Guillaume.
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The Nobel Prize: Robert Koch and Tuberculosis
In 1905 scientist Robert Koch gave a famous lecture on his discovery of the tuberculosis bacterium. He demonstrated and explained his work, bringing his entire laboratory equipment and tissue samples for the audience to examine, and left...
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The Nobel Prize: Lester Bowles Pearson Biographical
In addition to having a biography of Pearson, there is a focus on the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize he was awarded. There are links on the page to his acceptance speech and other resources.
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The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2005
This resource features the 2005 Nobel Prize winners in Physics. A short biography can be accessed on each recipient through their personal sites.
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The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 1964
This website from The Nobel Foundation on 1964 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968 ), is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Nobel Lecture," "Swedish Nobel...
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The Nobel Prize: The Dual Nature of Light as Reflected in the Nobel Archives
This article discusses the historical figures who contributed to our understanding of the nature of light, x-rays, Quantum ElectroDynamic (QED) theory, and so on.
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The Nobel Prize: Seamus Heaney Biographical
Biographical information about poet Seamus Heaney.
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The Nobel Prize: Wole Soyinka Biographical
Nobel E-Museum offers this biography of African author Wole Soyinka, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1986 Award Ceremony Speech
Text from a speech introducing Wole Soyinka before he accepted the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature. Contains biographical information and discussion of his literary works.
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The Nobel Prize: Sir Robert Robinson Biographical
In 1947 Sir Robert was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work investigations on plant products, especially the alkaloids. The Nobel Foundation's site provides a biography on Robinson which discusses his accomplishments. Also...
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The Nobel Prize: Marie Curie Biographical
This site from the Nobel eMuseum from the Nobel Foundation provides information for you to read about the life and scientific discoveries of Marie Curie (1867-1934 CE), whose work with radioactivity earned her two Nobel Prizes.
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The Nobel Prize: Nitroglycerine and Dynamite
This Nobel E-Museum site gives some chemistry and history of the development of dynamite. Discussed are the chemistry concepts involved in making it.
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The Nobel Prize: Gabriel Garcia Marques Biographical
This site from the Nobel e-Museum provides great information on the winner of the nobel prize for literature in 1982, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The information includes a picture, a biography, his nobel lecture, banquet speech, and other...
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The Nobel Prize: Elie Wiesel Biographical
A biography of author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.