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133 matches to Nobel
Michelson, Albert. 1852-1931. Polish/US physicist. With Morley, disproved existence of ether 1887. Measured speed of light.
Millikan, Robert. 1868-1953. US physicist. Charge on electron 1911. Cosmic rays 1925.
Mistral, Frédéric. 1830-1914. French Provençale revival poet. Mirèi 1859. Félibrige 1878.
Moissan, Henri. 1852-1907. French. Isolated flourine 1886. Electric furnace 1897.
Mommsen, Theodor. 1817-1903. German historian. History of Rome 1854.
Morgan, Thomas. 1866-1945. US embryologist. Chromosome theory. Drosophilia genetics, 1910.
Müller, Paul. 1899-1965. Swiss chemist. DDT as insecticide 1939.
Nernst, Walther. 1864-1941. German scientist: Third law of thermodynamics. Physical chemistry.
Neruda, Pablo. 1904-73. Chilean surrealist poet. A New Decade
Nobel, Alfred. 1833-96. Swedish. Invented dynamite 1867. Founded Nobel Prize 1901.
Nobel Prize. Nobel legacy funded. Peace Prize and prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature. 1969 +Economics. . Declined: Le Duc Tho, Pasternak, Sartre.
O’Neill, Eugene. 1888-1953. US playwright: Iceman Cometh 1946. Long Day’s Journey into Night 1956.
Pasternak, Boris. 1890-1960. Russian writer. Dr. Zhivago 1957. (forced to decline).
Pauli, Wolfgang. 1900-58. Austrian/US physicist. Exclusion Principle 1925. Neutrinos 1931.
Pauling, Linus. 1901-94. US biochemist/peace advocate. Chemical bonding.
Pavlov, Ivan. 1849-1936. Russian physiologist: discovered conditioned response.
Pirandello, Luigi. 1867-1936. Italian dramatist:Six Characters in Search of an Author 1921.
Planck, Max. 1858-1947. German physicist. Defined energy quantum 1900.
Quasimodo, Salvatore. 1901-68. Italian humanist Hermetic poet: La Vita non e sogno. Oboe Somerso 1932.
Raman, C.V. 1888-1970. Indian physicist. Raman effect: wavelength shift of deflected light.
Ramsay, William. 1852-1916. English chemist: discovered helium 1895; neon, krypton, xenon 1898.
Rayleigh, Lord. 1842-1919. English physicist, wave theorist.
Robbins, Frederick. 1916-. US physician. Discovered polio virus with Enders, Weller.
Rœntgen, Konrad. 1845-1923. German physicist, discovered X-rays 1895.
Ross, Ronald. 1857-1932. British discoverer of malaria parasite.