Nobel Prize 2019 – Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 rewards the development of the lithium-ion battery. Good choice – it is used in everything around us.
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Nobel Prize 2019 – Physics
Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 – 3 win ..“for contributions to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth’s place in the cosmos”
Nobel Prize 2019 – Physiology or Medicine
It is once again Nobel prize week, and as is traditional, Medicine kicks the proceedings off. So who has contributed to our understanding and won this year? Press Release details are here … The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019 was awarded jointly to … William … Read more
Nobel Prize 2018 – Peace
If you want to know about this year’s Nobel Peace winner, just jump around my preamble by scrolling down. What does it even mean? Unlike the science based award, the Nobel Peace prize is highly political. Sometimes they get it right, and sometimes very very wrong. Let’s mull over this for a bit. The “Peace” … Read more
Why is there no 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature?
Normally I would be posting the details of the Nobel Prize for Literature about now, but this year there is no Nobel prize for Literature, it has been cancelled; what the heck is going on? There has been rather a lot of drama, what has been happening might even qualify at the plot of a … Read more
Nobel Prize 2018 – Chemistry
Today it is the 3rd of the 4 Nobel awards scheduled for announcement this week – Chemistry. This one is interesting for three reasons. Those who did not win .. but should have. Dmitri Mendeleev created the periodic table, and so was perhaps the ideal candidate for the Nobel prize in Chemistry, but alas he was never granted it. … Read more