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In celebration of Women’s History Month, YPNation is profiling notable women from history who achieved success or a notable accomplishment in their respective fields when they were in their twenties or thirties. And because of their impressive work, we’re recognizing these women as “honorary YPs.”
For the final installment of this four-part series, we turn to the sciences and honor Florence Nightingale and Marie Curie.
Read more: http://www.ypnation.net/honorary-yp-women-finalIn celebration of Women’s History Month, YPNation is profiling notable women... more
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Murray Gell-Mann drops some knowledge about particle physics, asking questions like, Are elegant equations more likely to be right than inelegant ones?
Watch him peel away the entire onionMurray Gell-Mann drops some knowledge about particle physics, asking questions like,... more
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The new winner of the Nobel prize for literature, 88-year-old Doris Lessing, has accused Americans of over-reacting to 9/11, and said that it wasn't as bad as the ongoing conflict in Northern Ireland. What do you think?
The new winner of the Nobel prize for literature, 88-year-old Doris Lessing, has... more
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Talk about having a good year...
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Albert Fert of France and Peter Grünberg of Germany were awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for a discovery that has shrunk the size of hard disks found in computers, iPods and other digital devices.
Borje Johansson, a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, said, "The MP3 and iPod industry would not have existed without this discovery...You would not have an iPod without this effect."
The announcement also broke a streak of American wins from 2000-2006 that saw 20 people awarded the prize, of whom 16 were U.S. citizens or did their work at U.S. laboratories and universities.
The last time no Americans were awarded the physics prize was in 1999, when Gerardus 't Hooft and Martinus Veltman, both of the Netherlands, were honored for "elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics."Albert Fert of France and Peter Grünberg of Germany were awarded the 2007 Nobel... more
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