1995

Speech by Professor , Chairman of the Board of Directors, The Nobel Foundation. (Translation of the Swedish text.) Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the Nobel Foundation, I welcome you to the 1995 Prize Award Ceremony. I would especially like to welcome this year’s laureates and their families to the…

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Joseph Rotblat was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, for his efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics. Joseph Rotblat. Full name: Joseph RotblatBorn: 4 November 1908, Warsaw, Russian Empire (now Poland)Died: 31 August 2005, London, United KingdomDate awarded: 13 October 1995 Scientist…

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The Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Joseph Rotblat, for their efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics. Full name: Pugwash Conferences on Science and World AffairsNative name: Pugwash Conferences on Science and World AffairsFounded: 1957, Pugwash, CanadaDate awarded: 13 October 1995 Reducing…

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Nobel Prize Conversations “I had decided as a child if it was possible to become a scientist and to do scientific research for a living that’s what I wanted to do” In this podcast episode, we meet physical chemist Mario Molina who spent his life working on climate research. He was awarded the Nobel Prize…

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