Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Max Von Laue
Learn about Nobel Prize winner Max von Laue in this article about his life and discoveries.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Rita Levi Montalcini
Learn about the life and discoveries of Nobel Prize winner Rita Levi-Montalcini in this article.
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Linus C. Pauling, ph.d.
A biography of Linus Pauling, winner of Nobel Prizes for Chemistry (1954) and Peace (1962). He spoke out against the use of nuclear weapons when it was an unpopular cause, and spent his life informing the public about a range of health...
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: John C. Mather, ph.d.
A biography of John C. Mather, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in astrophysics. He persuaded NASA to build and launch the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite (COBE), which was able to send back information that...
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Mario J. Molina, ph.d.
Read about the life of Mario J. Molina, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering the danger that chlorofluorocarbons presented to the Earth's ozone layer long before anyone else recognized it. Includes a profile, videos,...
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Women of Valor: Gertrude Elion
Profiles the fascinating career and life of Nobel Prize winning chemist, Gertrude Elion (1918-1999). Because of her efforts in developing drugs and cancer treatments, countless lives have been saved.
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Read Works: Nobel Work
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Nobel Prizes and prize winners in 2006. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Maria Goeppert Mayer Biographical
This short biography concentrates on the life of Nobel winner Maria Goeppert-Mayer from her birth in Germany through her work as professor of physics in the U.S. in the 1960s.
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President Woodrow Wilson House: President Wilson
An Overview of the 28th President of the US, Woodrow Wilson. This site includes information about Wilson the Educator, President, War Leader, World Statesman, Nobel Prize Winner, and 20th Century Icon.
Science Museum, London
Science Museum: Online Stuff: Marie Curie and the History of Radioactivity
Read about Nobel Prize winner, Marie Curie's life, and her historical work with radioactivity.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Arnold Sommerfeld
Learn about the scientist who pioneered developments in atomic and quantum physics, and also served as PhD supervisor for many Nobel Prize winners in physics and chemistry.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Charles Sherrington
Learn about Charles Sherrington, the Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the functions of neurons.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Rabindranath Tagore an Indian War Poet?
Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize winner for literature but is not often mentioned today. He was a well known poet during World War I and inspired many soldiers on the front lines. This article begins with a letter from a mother...
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Nobel Prize Internet Archive: Winners 1901 1999
A list of the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize from 1901-1999. Click on the names of the winners for more information.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Luis Alvarez Biographical
A biography of Luis Alvarez, a California native, who was awarded the 1968 Pulitzer Prize in Physics for his work with subatomic particles.
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: David Trimble
Learn about the Nobel Prize Winner David Trimble who worked for peace in Northern Ireland. Read about his background and achievements, listen to an interview, and view a gallery of pictures.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Gerd Binnig
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,...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
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...
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.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Edward Purcell
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...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Felix Bloch (1905 1983)
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...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Boris Pasternak
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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Read Works: Ig Nobel Winners
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Ig Nobel Prizes and some people who have won them. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Maria Goeppert Mayer, Nobelist in Physics
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...