Topic: This year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine This year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine is won by two scientists. They are Sir John B. Gurdon from United Kingdom and Prof. Shina Yamanaka from Japan. They both contribute to develop human cell studying. Official Nobel Prize announced that the Prize motivation is "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent". They discover that mature cells can be converted to stem cells. Sir John B. Gurdon was born in Dippenhall in 1933
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Nobel Prize "The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts‚ which shall be apportioned as follows: /- - -/ one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention within the field of physics ..."(Alfred Nobel). The Nobel Prize was created by a Mr. Alfred Nobel who had accumulated much wealth throughout his life (mostly due to his invention and production of dynamite) and loved learning in all fields. Following his death much of his wealth was put towards
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In William Faulkner’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech‚ he laid out plainly what he thought good fiction should be. He also told the writers what they must do and remind themselves of‚ in order to create an acceptable piece of literature. In A Rose for Emily‚ Faulkner accomplishes his own standards to which a piece of fiction should meet in order to be good. William Faulkner writes about America’s past‚ the feelings of the past‚ and “truths of the heart” in his short story‚ A Rose for Emily. For a
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Toni Morrison Toni Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford in Lorain‚ Ohio‚ on Feb. 18‚ 1931‚ where her parents had moved to escape the problems of southern racism; Morrison’s father‚ George Wofford‚ was a welder and told her folktales of the black community‚ transferring his African-American heritage to another generation (Williams). According to Scott Williams‚ a professor at State University of New York at Buffalo‚ in 1949‚ she entered Howard University in Washington‚ D.C.‚ America’s most distinguished
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Text analysis about John Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech Summary The text is John Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech. In his speech he speaks about what literature means to him. In his great love for literature‚ he sees how people don’t appreciate it as much as they used to. He also mentions William Faulkner‚ his predecessor‚ who believed that a tragedy of physical fear‚ has sustained so long‚ that there are no more problems of the human spirit and only heart‚ with conflict
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Nobel Prize in Literature The Nobel Prize in Literature is considered to be the most prestigious literature prize throughout the world and is awarded since 1901. According to Alfred Nobel’s will‚ it is granted annually to an author from any country who has produced‚ "the most outstanding work in an ideal direction in the field of literature ". The Swedish Academy decides who will receive the prize in any given year. The procedure lasts for a year. At first‚ the members of the Nobel Committee
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Toni Morrison The issue of abandonment and the will that it takes to survive the hardship of it is a reoccurring theme in Toni Morrison’s writing. Tar Baby‚ Sula and Paradise all deal with the issue of abandonment and how it relates to the characters in her stories. "Through her fiction‚ Toni Morrison intends to present problems‚ not their answers" (Moon). Her stated aim is to show "how to survive whole in a world where we are all of us‚ in some measure‚ victims of something." (Morrison) Morrison’s
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Wangari Maathai expresses her gratitude to the world for her Nobel Peace Prize‚ and also calls her audience to action. Her goal is to convince the world that the environment has much more importance than most people seem to realize. In her speech she begins by expressing her gratitude‚ and persuading her audience that she is worth listening to. Second she discusses the importance of the environment and explains how the Green Belt Movement has helped and changed the world. She then clarifies the
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exploitation and utilization of youth in the destruction and construction of any nation respectively. Yes‚ I agree that‚ youth is not given a proper chance to prove their potentials in countries like ours‚ but‚ “The young” ‚ according to Pearl S. Buck‚ (a Nobel Laureate in literature) “do not know enough to be prudent‚ and therefore they attempt the impossible‚ and achieve it‚ generation after generation”. Isn’t this single quotation of her is sufficient to motivate the whole nation? Or do we still
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A Prize for What? Early in the presidency of Barack Obama‚ he was given attention that some see as being premature. The Norwegian Nobel Committee saw it fit to reward Obama with the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. At this point‚ not much had changed in America during Obama’s time as president. Many people saw the award as a strict political act by the Committee. Others simply see the award as something that Obama has not done anything to deserve. The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama is
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