2001

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The United Nations was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Kofi Annan, for their work for a better organised and more peaceful world. Full name: United Nations (UN)Native name: United NationsFounded: 1945, New York, NY, USADate awarded: 12 October 2001 Promoting multilateralism and safeguarding world peace Throughout its history, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has supported…

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Kofi Annan was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with the United Nations, for his work for a better organised and more peaceful world. Kofi Annan Full name: Kofi Atta AnnanBorn: 8 April 1938, Kumasi, Gold Coast (now Ghana)Died: 18 August 2018, Bern, SwitzerlandDate awarded: 12 October 2001 Africa’s most prominent diplomat In 2001, the centennial…

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“Where is there reliable information and where will you be getting that from?” Despite the impact on millions of lives, denial and lies about the climate emergency continue to spread online. But how can scientists get their message across? Nobel Prize laureate discusses how to use science, not politics, to guide the debate surrounding climate…

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Interview

Interview with the 2001 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Leland H. Hartwell, at the 57th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany, July 2007.  Lee Hartwell, co-recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Tim Hunt and Paul Nurse, welcome to this interview. If I mention the word mentorship, what…

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Nobel Prize Conversations  ”When a politician gets up and says that we are following the science, the question needs to be what science? Because there are more than one scientific conclusion out there” What is life? This is a question that has puzzled scientists for centuries, one of the most famous being . In…

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Interview with Tim Hunt at the 57th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany, July 2007. Tim Hunt, welcome to this interview with Nobelprize.org. You won the 2001 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine together with Lee Hartwell and Paul Nurse. Tim Hunt: Correct. And you seem to have been blessed with the lucky chance…

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