“American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday, a stunning announcement that for the first time bestowed the prestigious award on a musician. “The Swedish Academy cited Dylan for ‘having created new poetic expressions within the great Ameri[...]
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UW Professor Wins Nobel Prize in Physics:
Today’s Nobel Prize in Physics given to the UW’s Professor David Thouless shows how important it is for the UW to explain itself as more than just the home of our wondrous Husky football team. The 2016 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded Tuesday to David Thouless from the University o[...]
September 30th, 2016 - 6:22 pm § in Misc.
Nobel Prize in Medicine .. will be announced at 2:20 AM Seattle Time
I can think of at least three possible candidates here in Seattle: Mary Claire King, Breast Cancer Lee Hood, Human Genome Project Jerry Nepom, Type 1 Diabetes Nobel Prize Links on TA[...]
December 1st, 2014 - 12:24 am § in Science
What Value Is There In a Nobel Prize?
Want a Nobel Prize? You can buy one “I worried about people in Africa because of their low IQ “ The 1962 Nobel Prize James Watson won for his role in the discovery of the structure of DNA is going on the auction block. The auctioneer says the gold medal could bring $2.5 to $3.5 millio[...]
October 10th, 2014 - 8:29 am § in Religion
Again, Non Christians Get Nobel Prize
The Norwegians ignored Vladimir Putin and gave the Nobel prizes to a Muslim and a Hindu. Indian Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistani Malala Yousafzai Win Nobel Peace Prize This is the second time the Norwegians have ignored Mr. Putin, a man who has restored the state and fostered Russian patrioti[...]
October 5th, 2014 - 10:51 pm § in Science
Live Webcast of Nobel Prize in Medicine
Waiting for the Call … Damn, now the site says the award will be at 11:30 Swedish time .. I am goin to bed. You can watch here: In 2011 when the Nobel committee announced that half the prize for medicine and physiology would go to Canadian-born biologist Ralph Steinman …. Steinma[...]
October 3rd, 2013 - 8:42 pm § in Hypocrisy
Repost of “When Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Prize”
(As we celebrate the annual approach of ) the fresh Nobel Peace Prize winners, let us remember for a minute about a great loser of the Nobel Peace Prize, too. “You probably know” – said in 1995 Gustav Hendrikssen, emeritus professor of the University of Uppsala – “that immediately after th[...]
Who Is A Jew? Schwartz Pride and the Nobel Prizes!
So, who won this years Nobel Prizes in Biology and Chemistry? Based on their names and, for two, origins in Israel, five of the six are Jews! Why do I take pride in this? On October 1, a poll released by the Pew Research Center revealed that over 60 percent of American Jews consider Judaism [&he[...]