Nobel Awards | 2015
Nobel Awards | 2015
Medicine and Physiology | Anti-parasite drugs
Nature | Anti-parasite drugs sweep Nobel prize in medicine 2015
Nature | Anti-parasite drugs sweep Nobel prize in medicine 2015
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Re: Nobel Awards | 2015
Physics | Neutrino Oscillations
Nature | For the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass
Nature | For the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass
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Re: Nobel Awards | 2015
May the gods preserve and defend me from self-righteous altruists; I can defend myself from my enemies and my friends.
Re: Nobel Awards | 2015
I heard Obama is going to get another Nobel peace prize for bringing peace to the Middle East.
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Re: Nobel Awards | 2015
Somebody was Putin you onDoc wrote:I heard Obama is going to get another Nobel peace prize for bringing peace to the Middle East.
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Re: Nobel Awards | 2015
That's why the Nobel Awards are in the science + tech section.
I lose interest after the chemistry Nobel laureates are announced.
I lose interest after the chemistry Nobel laureates are announced.
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Re: Nobel Awards | 2015
Sometimes literature is a nice surprise. Maybe Ko Un will win.Typhoon wrote:That's why the Nobel Awards are in the science + tech section.
I lose interest after the chemistry Nobel laureates are announced.
Re: Nobel Awards | 2015
Literature is often a surprise.Brecher wrote:Sometimes literature is a nice surprise. Maybe Ko Un will win.Typhoon wrote:That's why the Nobel Awards are in the science + tech section.
I lose interest after the chemistry Nobel laureates are announced.
Svetlana Alexievich: "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time."
How much of this award is based on talent and how much is based on politics is a puzzle to me.
Of English language authors who were unjustly snubbed, Graham Greene and C. P. Snow come to mind.
In the case of Greene, apparently someone on the award committee strongly disliked him and it came down to who would outlive the other.
Lots of people expect 村上 [Murakami] to receive the award, but he never does.
May the gods preserve and defend me from self-righteous altruists; I can defend myself from my enemies and my friends.
Re: Nobel Awards | 2015
Funny story about Greene, and I would be surprised if it weren't true.Typhoon wrote:Literature is often a surprise.Brecher wrote:Sometimes literature is a nice surprise. Maybe Ko Un will win.Typhoon wrote:That's why the Nobel Awards are in the science + tech section.
I lose interest after the chemistry Nobel laureates are announced.
Svetlana Alexievich: "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time."
How much of this award is based on talent and how much is based on politics is a puzzle to me.
Of English language authors who were unjustly snubbed, Graham Greene and C. P. Snow come to mind.
In the case of Greene, apparently someone on the award committee strongly disliked him and it came down to who would outlive the other.
Lots of people expect 村上 [Murakami] to receive the award, but he never does.
I think that Murakami will win eventually. He's relatively young.
I've heard that "Norwegian Wood" is good.
Re: Nobel Awards | 2015
Typhoon wrote:Medicine and Physiology | Anti-parasite drugs
Nature | Anti-parasite drugs sweep Nobel prize in medicine 2015
Congratulations to Tu Youyou on winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine and for being the most confusing person to sing Happy Birthday to
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Re: Nobel Awards | 2015
and being voted mostly likely to have a multiple personality disorder.....noddy wrote:Congratulations to Two Youyou on winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine and for being the most confusing person to sing Happy Birthday to
great name for someone who is either bi-sexual or transgender.....
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Re: Nobel Awards | 2015
Lack of showmanship. Let the professional wrestling people do the Nobel announcements one year and watch the difference. Instead of a little coin the physics folks could compete for an Iron Man style "Van Allen Belt". Other disciplines could recieve similar upgrades.Typhoon wrote:That's why the Nobel Awards are in the science + tech section.
I lose interest after the chemistry Nobel laureates are announced.
“Christ has no body now but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks with compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks among His people to do good. Yours are the hands through which he blesses His creation.”
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Re: Nobel Awards | 2015
You're describing the Ig Nobel awards . . .Nonc Hilaire wrote:Lack of showmanship. Let the professional wrestling people do the Nobel announcements one year and watch the difference. Instead of a little coin the physics folks could compete for an Iron Man style "Van Allen Belt". Other disciplines could recieve similar upgrades.Typhoon wrote:That's why the Nobel Awards are in the science + tech section.
I lose interest after the chemistry Nobel laureates are announced.
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