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Jean Paul Sartre, 1964 Nobel Laureate for Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
A site that contains information on Jean-Paul Sartre's (1905-1980) Nobel Prize because of his writings on Existentialism. Links to a brief biography and his obituary.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Alfred Nobel Biography

For Students 2nd - 8th
Discover interesting facts about the life of Alfred Nobel, founder of the well-known Nobel prizes.
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Physics Web: Nobel Prize Goes to Semiconductor Pioneers

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Physics Web gives information on the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics. It was awarded to Zhores Alferov and Herbert Kroemer for the invention of semiconductor lasers, integrated circuits and other high-speed electronic devices....
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Elie Wiesel's Nobel Acceptance Speech

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each text is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see the...
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Fundación Cientec

Cientec: Mujeres Premio Nobel

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the fourteen women from Europe, Africa, Australia, Middle East and United States who received Nobel Prizes in Science.
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Fundación Cientec

Title: Cientec: Mujeres Premio Nobel

For Students 9th - 10th
These are the scientists, technologist and medical awards awarded to women since the Foundation of the Nobel Prize in 1901.
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Nobel Prize Internet Archive: Fritz Haber, 1918 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives information on the background of Fritz Haber, German chemist. Many links provided.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Dual Nature of Light as Reflected in the Nobel Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the historical figures who contributed to our understanding of the nature of light, x-rays, Quantum ElectroDynamic (QED) theory, and so on.
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Curated OER

Royal Society of Chemistry: Nobel Prize Medal

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Nobel Prize Medal is an honor awarded to people who do groundbreaking work.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: John Steinbeck Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
A narrative of the life of John Steinbeck (1902-1968), a California native and famous author of many classic novels such as "Of Mice and Men," and "The Grapes of Wrath."
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1939: Ernest Lawrence

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief entry describes the scientific contributions of physicist Ernest Lawrence.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Edward Purcell

For Students 9th - 10th
Edward Mills Purcell was an American physicist who received half of the 1952 Nobel Prize for Physics for his development of a new method of ascertaining the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei. Known as nuclear magnetic resonance...
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Felix Bloch (1905 1983)

For Students 9th - 10th
Physicist Felix Bloch developed a non-destructive technique for precisely observing and measuring the magnetic properties of nuclear particles. He called his technique "nuclear induction," but nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) soon became...
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Gabriela Mistral

For Students 9th - 10th
Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, is profiled as well as her poems and work in education reform.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Gerd Binnig

For Students 9th - 10th
Gerd Binnig co-developed the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) with Heinrich Rohrer. The STM allowed scientists entry into the atomic world in a new way and was a major advance in the field of nanotechnology. For their achievement,...
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

For Students 9th - 10th
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes was a Dutch physicist who first observed the phenomenon of superconductivity while carrying out pioneering work in the field of cryogenics. An important step on the way to this discovery was his success in...
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Maria Goeppert Mayer, Nobelist in Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
The Supercomputer Center of the University of California at San Diego offers details of the life of Maria Goeppert-Mayer, third woman ever to be awarded the Nobel Prize for physics. Instructive in the obstacles to being a woman in a...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Kurt Wuthrich

For Students 9th - 10th
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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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: John Bardeen

For Students 9th - 10th
John Bardeen was one of a handful of individuals awarded the Nobel Prize twice and the first scientist to win dual awards in physics. Both times, he shared the prize with others. The first time his co-recipients were Walter Brattain and...
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Svante Arrhenius

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Al Mashriq: Naguib Mahfouz

For Students 9th - 10th
Article describes Mahfouz and his acceptance of the Nobel Prize in 1989. Includes pictures and links to related information.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Marie Curie

For Students 9th - 10th
A great biography of Marie Curie discusses her early days and how she became a two-time Nobel Prize winner.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Boris Pasternak

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers biographical information on Boris Pasternak, Russian poet and writer, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958.
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Wislawa Szymborska's Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Site for information on Szymborska - includes the poem "Tortures" and links to article about the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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