Nobel Prize

Rosalyn Yalow became a physicist at a time when being a woman was a serious impediment to success. But succeed she did. With her research partner Solomon Berson, she made a transformative contribution to medical research: radioimmunoassay, a method for measuring concentrations of substances in the blood.

Amnesty International was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its work to uncover violations of human rights and support prisoners of conscience. Full name: Amnesty InternationalNative name: Amnesty InternationalFounded: 1961, London, United KingdomDate awarded: 10 October 1977 A light in the darkness Amnesty International is a worldwide, member-run human rights organisation founded in 1961 by the…

Professor James Meade with a Phillips Machine, 1996. The Phillips Machine is a hydraulic computer, invented by Bill Phillips.

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Rosalyn Yalow receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1977 from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. Rosalyn Yalow in her lab at the Bronx VA Medical Center

Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1977 Local Moments and Localized States Pdf 653 kB

Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1977 Electrons in Glass Pdf 149 kB

Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1977 Quantum Mechanics The Key to Understanding Magnetism Pdf 138 kB

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  Birth Date: December 13, 1923, Indianapolis, Indiana. B.S. summa cum laude Harvard, ’43; MA ’47, PhD ’49, MA (Cantab) ’67. M. 1947, Joyce Gothwaite, d. Susan Osborne b. 1948. Naval Research Lab. 1943-5 (Chief Spec. X, USNR 1944-5) Bell Tel Labs. 1949-53, 1954-; Memb. Tech. Staff to 1959, Dept. Head 1959-61, MTS 1961-74, Asst.…