Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Max Von Laue
Learn about Nobel Prize winner Max von Laue in this article about his life and discoveries.
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Famous Scientists: Mohammad Abdus Salam
This article explores Mohammad Abdus Salam's life and contributions to science.
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Famous Scientists: Paul Dirac
This article focuses on the life of the founder of quantum mechanics, Paul Dirac.
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Famous Scientists: Peter Debye
Learn about the life and scientific contributions of Peter Debye in this article.
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Famous Scientists: Rita Levi Montalcini
Learn about the life and discoveries of Nobel Prize winner Rita Levi-Montalcini in this article.
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Famous Scientists: Robert Bunsen
Explore the life and discoveries of Robert Bunsen in this article.
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Famous Scientists: Ronald Ross
Learn about the life and contributions of Ronald Ross in this article.
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Famous Scientists: Santiago Ramon Y Cajal
Learn about Santiago Ramon y Cajal life and scientific accomplishments in this article.
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Famous Scientists: Steven Chu
Find out about Steven Chu who is known for his research in cooling and trapping of atoms with laser light, which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Famous Scientists: Svante Arrhenius
Find out about the life and work of one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry, Svante Arrhenius, who received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1903, becoming the first Swedish Nobel laureate.
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Famous Scientists: Wilhelm Ostwald
Learn about the life and work of Wilhelm Ostwald, the chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909 for his work on catalysis, chemical equilibria, and reaction velocities.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1951
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft and Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton won the Noble Prize for Physics in 1951. Some biographical information is provided for each man along with his banquet lecture and Nobel lecture.
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The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1901: William Conrad Rontgen
In 1901, Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen won the Nobel Prize for Physics because of his work with the x-ray. The site includes a picture of Rontgen along with biographical information, his Nobel lecture, and other resources, such as illustrated...
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Read Works: Ig Nobel Winners
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about four Ig Nobel Prize winners, scientific achievements that are funny, but also interesting. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Nobel Prizes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the Nobel Prize and lists Nobel Prize winners in Medicine or Physiology, and in Chemistry.
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The Nobel Prize: Jean Baptiste Perrin Biographical
The Nobel Foundation provides a biography of the scientist who won 1926 Nobel Prize Physics, Jean Baptiste Perrin.
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The Nobel Prize: Max Planck Biographical
A biography of Max Planck, covering his research interests and contributions to science, as well as more personal information about his family and life.
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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.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Kurt Wuthrich
A brief explanation of the work in nuclear magnetic resonance which earned Kurt Wuthrich the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2002.
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Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Gabriela Mistral
Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, is profiled.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Nobel Prizes in Nuclear Science
Provides a list of Nobel Prize winners in the field of nuclear science that includes the discoveries of spontaneous radioactivity, radium, and the neutron.
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Sir Joseph John Thomson
Have you ever wondered who discovered the electron? The answer is Nobel Prize winning physicist Sir Joseph John Thomson.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Winners 1901 2011
A list of the Chemistry Nobel Prize Winners from 1901 to the present. Click on each name to find stats and featured links on each person.
