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”My mother told me, 'Kati, you know, next week they are announcing who will be awarded to Nobel Prize. I will listen, you might get it, they might say your name!' I told her, 'Don't worry'.”
Katalin Karikó speaks about her journey to the #NobelPrize : nobelprize.org/prizes/medicin…
Did you know that John Cockcroft, along with Ernest Walton, was the first to split the lithium atom with a proton beam?
The two shared the 1951 #NobelPrize in Physics for their pioneering work on transmutation of atomic nuclei. Read more on Cockcroft: bit.ly/3dElOvr
Take a look at Svante Arrhenius' doctoral thesis, published on this day, 26 May in 1884.
The thesis was the main basis for awarding him the 1903 #NobelPrize in Chemistry. Read more about Arrhenius: bit.ly/2QHCts4
”This country is on fire - they are celebrating from the President even down to the children in the rural areas.”
Wangari Maathai was in Nairobi, Kenya, when she heard the news of her #NobelPeacePrize in 2004. She was the first African woman to be awarded the peace prize.
'I was affected in this way for a very long period of time, like 25 years, so it was quite a portion of a life's history.'
On #WorldSchizophreniaDay we remember mathematical genius John Nash, who was awarded the 1994 prize in economic sciences. Read more: bit.ly/35NWJvf
'If you're not failing, you're not pushing boundaries.'
Hear medicine laureate Elizabeth Blackburn speak about the valuable lessons we can learn from failure.
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Get to know medicine laureate Katalin Karikó in the first podcast episode of our new season!
Karikó tells us about her difficult journey to the #NobelPrize and how she motivated herself to never give up: shows.acast.com/nobelprizeconv…