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The Nobel Prize: Jacinto Benavente Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from The Nobel Foundation you can read about the life and literary works of Jacinto Benavente, a Spanish writer honored primarily for his drama.
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The Nobel Prize: Charles G. Dawes Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from The Nobel Foundation provides detailed information about the life of Charles Dawes.
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The Nobel Prize: Carl E. Wieman Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
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: Albert Einstein Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
The Nobel Foundation provides this site of Albert Einstein. Includes biographical information about the scientist and other interesting sidebars, such as a video of George Bernard Shaw paying tribute to Einstein.
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The Nobel Prize: Nelson Mandela Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief biography from The Nobel Foundation on the life and struggles of Nelson Mandela, who, while in prison, "Was widely accepted as the most significant black leader in South America," includes several resources for further reading...
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The Nobel Prize: Chen Ning Yang Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
Official Nobel biography of Chen Ning Yang. Emphases on where and when, and on his scientific publications. Little description of his actual scientific work here.
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The Nobel Prize: Robert Hofstadter Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
Official Nobel Institute biography of Hofstadter. Very little personal information. Lots and lots of science work, description, etc.
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The Nobel Prize: Lord Rayleigh Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Nobel e-Museum, you can read about the scientific work of Lord Rayleigh (1842-1919 CE). This article includes information on his education and experiments with light and sound waves.
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The Nobel Prize: Carl D. Anderson Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a brief article from The Nobel Foundation on the American Physicist, Carl David Anderson. The article overviews his education and involvement in radiation research and cosmic-ray studies, through which he discovered...
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The Nobel Prize: Yasser Arafat Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a detailed biography from The Nobel Foundation on Yasser Arafat (1929-2004 CE), which includes information on both Arafa's personal life and public career. Included is a "Selected Bibliography," for further reading and research.
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The Nobel Prize: Nitroglycerine and Dynamite

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Vicente Aleixandre, 86; Spaniard Won 1977 Nobel Prize

For Students 9th - 10th
Click on "obituary" for an informative essay on the poet. Visitors to this Nobel site have added related links and poetry.
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The Nobel Prize: Nobel Prize in Physics 1926 Presentation Speech: Jean Perrin

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the Presentation Speech, originally given by Professor C.W. Oseen, in which Oseen praises the scientific investigations of Jean Baptiste Perrin, the physicist who "worked with [his] head and [his] hands in the service of atomistic...
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The Nobel Prize: Eric A. Cornell Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains an involved autobiography, focusing on Dr. Cornell's development as a scientist.
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The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1957: Albert Camus

For Students 9th - 10th
Features a comprehensive presentation of Camus, including biography, photo, acceptance speech, and other resources.
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The Nobel Prize: Sir Alexander Flemming Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the co-laureate's accidental discovery of penicillin, as well as his other work in bacteriology.
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The Nobel Prize: Arthur Holly Compton Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to overviewing Compton's (1892-1962 CE) studies in x-rays, this article includes information on Compton's published works, his education, and personal life.
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The Nobel Prize: The Cell and Its Organelles

For Students 9th - 10th
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: The Blood Typing Game

For Students 9th - 10th
Try and save three patients' lives by determining their blood types in preparation for blood transfusions. Don't make a mistake, because the results could be devastating!
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The Nobel Prize: Accelerators

For Students 9th - 10th
After providing general information on accelerators, this site breaks down into several categories, including Accelerators in Use, Accelerators in Research, The History of Accelerators, and Discoveries Made with the Help of Accelerators.
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The Nobel Prize: Energy From Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
The history of energy being transformed from matter is provided at this site. The information starts at Einstein's formula, then discussions fusion, future energy sources, fission, and nuclear reactors.
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The Nobel Prize: Liquid Crystals History and Properties of Liquid Crystals

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides in-depth information on the history and invention of liquid crystals including biographical information on Pierre-Gilles de Gennes. Diagrams and pictures are also provided.
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The Nobel Prize: Electron Microscope Invention

For Students 9th - 10th
The microscopes covered in depth at this site include the phase-contrast microscope, the electron microscope, and the scanning tunneling microscope. This site includes in-depth information on the microscopes, microscope simulators,...
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The Nobel Prize: The Quantised World

For Students 9th - 10th
After an introduction, this site breaks down into sections discussion quantum theory, including A Quantum Theory for Energy, A Quantum Theory for Atomic Structures, Waves or Particles, Quantum Mechanics, and Interpreting the Quantum World.

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