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Nobel Prizes
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The "Genius Babies," and How They Grew Up 
 Articles from 2001 about how "twenty years ago ... tycoon Robert K. Graham began a most remarkable project: the Repository for Germinal Choice, a sperm bank for Nobel Prize winners," and about how "by the time Graham's repository closed in 1999, his genius sperm had been responsible for more than 200 children." Includes information about donors, parents, 15 of the children, and more. From the online magazine Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/100331/ Topics: Science, Science Last updated Nov 3, 2005 Alfred Nobel: The Man Behind the Nobel Prize
"Articles, photographs, a slide show and poetry written by Nobel himself are presented here to give a glimpse of a man whose varied interests are reflected in the prize he established. Meet Alfred Nobel -- scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, author and pacifist." Also includes a FAQ, a timeline showing when he patented the safer explosives nitroglycerin (blasting oil) and dynamite, and his will. From the official website for the Nobel Foundation. http://nobelprize.org/alfred_nobel/ Topics: Notable People, Science Last updated Nov 27, 2007 Nobel Laureates
Profiles nine researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory awarded Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry. Contains presentation and acceptance speeches, biographies submitted to the Nobel Committee, photographs, and an overview article on "the science behind each of the Nobels." From the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). http://www.lbl.gov/LBL-PID/Nobel-laureates.html Topics: Government, Government, Notable People, Photograph Collections, Science, Science Last updated Jul 6, 2006 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1933
Profiles of Erwin Schrödinger (Austria) and Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac (United Kingdom), who won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1933 for work on quantum mechanics, a "new productive forms of atomic theory." Includes biographies, Nobel lectures, and links to related resources. From the Nobel Foundation. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1933/ Topics: Science, Science Last updated Feb 17, 2007 The Nobel Prize Internet Archive
Information on Nobel Prize winners (from 1901 to the present) and the achievements for which they won. http://nobelprizes.com/ Topics: Literature & Books, Science, Science Last updated Jul 31, 2005 Nobelprize.org
This official site contains information on all Nobel Prize winners to date. "Get to know the Prize Winners through Nobel Lectures, interviews, speeches, articles, and much more." Features information on the history of the prize as well as games and simulations related to the various prizes. Searchable. http://nobelprize.org/ Topics: Literature & Books, Science, Science Last updated Sep 18, 2004 |
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