A presentation of the Nobel Prize in Physics 1997, based on material from the 1997 Physics Nobel poster from the Royal Academy of Sciences. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1997 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly toSteven Chu, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and William D. Phillipsfor their developments…

Jody Williams was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), for her work for the banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines. Jody Williams Full name: Jody WilliamsBorn: 9 October 1950, Rutland, VT, USADate awarded: 10 October 1997 A driving force behind the anti-landmine campaign Jody Williams studied international politics in…

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Jody Williams, for their efforts to ban and remove anti-personnel landmines. Full name: International Campaign to Ban LandminesNative name: International Campaign to Ban LandminesFounded: 1992, USADate awarded: 10 October 1997 Turning point for a landmine-free world There are currently 100 million anti-personnel…

Nobel Prize Conversations ”I have been fortunate to be able to live my life doing what I believe in. Not everybody has that fortune” In this podcast episode, peace activist Jody Williams tells us how she has tried to use the power that was given to her after being awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. She is…

Utdrag ur Mistero Buffo av Dario Fo Swedish Gycklarens födelse ur Mistero buffo (1969) GOTT FOLK, kom hit för gycklaren är här. Gycklare är jag som hoppar och gör piruetter och som får er att skratta och som driver med de mäktiga och får er att se hur enfaldiga och uppblåsta de pösmunkar som går…

Estratto da Mistero Buffo by Dario Fo Italian Nascita del giullare Mistero buffo (1969) – Oh, gente, venite qui che c’è il giullare! Giullare son io, che salta e piroetta e che vi fa ridere, che prende in giro i potenti e vi fa vedere come sono tronfi e gonfi i palloni che vanno in…

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Into the Fire https://youtu.be/F_5Lp6teKd8 “One wrong step will cost me my life” In an area of Iraq destroyed by ISIS, Hana Khider leads an all-female team of Yazidi deminers in their attempts to clear the land of mines. Their job involves painstakingly searching for booby traps in bombed out buildings and fields, where one wrong…

I was born on the 8th of October 1918 into a wealthy family in Lemvig, a town in the western part of Denmark. The town is nicely situated on a fjord, which runs across the country from the Kattegat in East to the North Sea in West. It is surrounded by hills, and is only…

The first 21 years of my life were spent in Provo, Utah, then a city of about 15,000 people, beautifully situated at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains. Hardy Mormon pioneers had settled the area only 70 years before my birth in 1918. Provo was a well-designed city with stable neighbourhoods, a pride in its…