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DECEMBER 2012
Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2012. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud.
Experience the Magic of the
Nobel Festivities!
The ten Nobel Laureates of 2012 have participated in a full programme of events leading up to the ceremonies on 10 December. You can find the activities linked from Nobelprize.org. Enjoy a few highlights here!
"I was extremely lucky ..."In his Nobel Lecture, "A Winding Road to Pluripotency", Medicine Laureate Shinya Yamanaka takes us from his early days in science to the groundbreaking research of induced pluripotent stem cells.
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| "Good judgements come from experience"In this interview, Alvin E Roth, Laureate in Economic Sciences, describes how he dropped out of high school but ended up doing innovative work in market design.
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EU awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo"At a time when Europe is undergoing great difficulties, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has sought to call to mind what the European Union means for peace in Europe.", Thorbjørn Jagland said in his award ceremony speech.
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| "A jailer led him down the long corridor ..."Experience the harsh life of the farmers in Paradise County as depicted in this excerpt of Mo Yan's book The Garlic Ballads.
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Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden
"They lured the receptors out of their shelters ..." The presentation of the Chemistry Prize compares research to a fairytale.
The Nobel BanquetIn his banquet speech, Serge Haroche evokes the memory of Nobel Laureate Erwin Schrödinger, and refers to Schrödingers legendary cat.
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| Take the quiz!How much do you know about the Nobel Prize awarded work? Test your knowledge about the 2012 Nobel Prizes!
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Last Month's Question
Last month we asked if someone working for or within a Nobel Prize awarded organization, like the EU or the UN, can claim to have received the honor. 57% answered correctly, 'No'. 43% answered 'Yes'.
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