#nobel laureate

[blackswaneuroparedux]

I... a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe.

- Richard Feyneman

Richard Feynman (1918-1988) was an American theoretical physicist who received the Nobel Prize in 1965. Robert Wilson recruited the brilliant young Feynman, only 24 at the time, for the Manhattan Project as a junior physicist soon after completing his Ph.D.  At Los Alamos, Feynman was assigned to the theoretical division of Hans Bethe, and soon became a group leader. Feynman was briefly transferred to the Oak Ridge facility, where he aided engineers in calculating safety procedures for material storage so that inadvertent criticality accidents could be avoided. He was well known for playfully challenging the security at Los Alamos, and was present for the Trinity test in 1945, viewing the explosion through his truck windshield.

After the Manhattan Project, Feynman regretted not reconsidering his work after Germany was defeated in World War II, although he continued to feel that the threat of a nuclear-armed Nazi Germany was enough to justify his initial participation. He turned down an offer from the Institute for Advanced Study and joined Hans Bethe at Cornell from 1945 to 1950, where he taught theoretical physics. Feynman left to join the faculty at Caltech in 1950. There he conducted his groundbreaking research in areas of quantum electrodynamics and superfluidity.

Feynman won his 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in quantum electrodynamics, a formula well known for its accurate predictions, which combines his path integral formulation and his Feynman diagrams. Additionally, he worked in the fields of the physics of superfluidity and quantum gravity, and developed a model of weak decay. However he caused great controversy when shortly after winning the prize in 1965, he seemingly rejected it. Feynman increasingly felt unease at the award turning the scientists into an institution.

It was no strange thing for Feynman to offer an opinion contrary to authority. Often called a buffoon and a magician, Feynman was scolded by the scientific world for his pursuit of things outside science, like art and music. A series of televised lecturers for the public secured his place in the households of millions in the US and the rest of the world. It was here that his excitement and passion for science trickled into the popular psyche and admitted countless young people into the world of science. He loved science and its limitless possibilities of discovery; it is no surprise, then, that he viewed his Nobel Prize with indifference.

#feyneman #richard feyneman #quote #physicist #scientist #nobel prize in physics #nobel laureate #american #caltech #los alamos #nuclear #atom bomb #manhattan project #science #university

[wastingfate]

"One fine day, we wake up with a stranger in a strange bedroom, I thought to myself, and never again do we find our way back to ourselves" -Imre Kertész

#book quotes #nobel laureate #Imre kertész #hungarian #stranger #liquidation #quotes #nobel prize

[ohsalome]

For human rights defender Oleksandra Matviichuk, the Nobel Peace Prize is an opportunity to draw attention to the value aspect of the Russian-Ukrainian war

#ukraine #war in ukraine #nobel laureate #nobel peace prize

[unaccountedformass]

second thoughts on economics

Nobel laureate in economics on second thoughts, published on the IMF website - worth reading and it's pretty short and to the point

https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/2024/03/Symposium-Rethinking-Economics-Angus-Deaton

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#economics #capitalism #nobel laureate #unions #labor rights #workers rights #inequality #inequity #power

[dosa-sambhar]

Nobel Laureate Heckman’s Perry Preschool study found that children who received high quality ECCE grew into less violent adults — stronger socio-emotional skills built early might even help prevent later student suicides.

#research #nobel laureate #heckman #findings in a study #findings #the hindu mein mila #the hindu

[sub-at-omicsteminist]

•Lise Meitner•

#steminist #physics #science #stem #mathematics #maths #women in stem #chemistry #nobel laureate #lise meitner #she deserved the Nobel prize #I will never not be mad about this #womens history

[literanarchy]

Can mortal man ascend to heaven with a soul still yearning for the earth?

Khufu’s Wisdom by Naguib Mahfouz

#khufu's wisdom #naguib mahfouz #egyptian literature #nobel laureate #quotes #literary quotes #ascension #yearning for the earth

[afrotumble]

Toni Morrison - Writer & Playwright | Mini Bio | BIO

#toni morrison #writer #playwright #nobel laureate #literature #Youtube

[ferbracket]

Ultimate Phineas Bracket!

#like I said Multiman is in two places on the bracket #will he immediately lose again? #or maybe he'll make it to the semifinals #only to lose to Pinhead Pierre for a second time #pnf #phineas and ferb #phineas #phineas flynn #polls #polls on tumblr #tournament polls #Out of Toon #Quantum Boogaloo #Multiman #Nobel Laureate #0x5v0x1a #Phineas Round 2

[aelita-code-lyoko]

#quotes #nobel laureate #world literature

[1-1-s1ay-2-2]

I always love a beautiful mind 😍

“His own needs, he said, were “to be free, and to be safe and for friends.” He was always, he said, “in fear of ‘death’ (Indian style) through an Armageddon with Iblis...at the Day of Judgement.” Even in these very dark hours he clung to a vision of liberation — which later became, more concretely, a wish for sexual liberation. “I’m hoping fervently to be saved (delivered) before reaching 40 in age,” he had written a few weeks before his birthday. “One cannot substitute free life and love of the 40s for the lost possibilities of the 20s and 30s and also teens.” Nash was acutely aware of the passage of time. “It does seem to me that I’ve been as if the victim of an excessively long wait for liberation...”

#a beautiful mind #explained #bookblr #books #reading #writers #authors #literature #sylvia nasar #john nash #nobel laureate #biography #genius #award winning #lit #literary #books and libraries #modern literature #national bestseller #excerpts

[thesobsister]

Brooding Likeness

I was born in the month of the bull,

the month of heaviness,

or of the lowered, the destructive head,

or of purposeful blindness. So I know, beyond the shadowed

patch of grass, the stubborn one, the one who doesn’t look up,

still senses the rejected world. It is

a stadium, a well of dust. And you who watch him

looking down in the face of death, what do you know

of commitment? If the bull lives

one controlled act of revenge, be satisfied

that in the sky, like you, he is always moving,

not of his own accord but through the black field

like grit caught on a wheel, like shining freight.

-Louise Glück (1943-2023)

The great Louise Glück died a week ago today.

Dipping into her Poems 1962-2012 collection, every sample shows her skills with language, imagery, pace and placement.

“like grit caught on a wheel”…*chef’s kiss*

aav.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/books/louise-gluck-dead.html

#louise glück #poetry #obituary #nobel laureate

[nuclear-breakdown]

Marie Curie- The Woman who Changed the World

Marie Curie was born on November 7, 1897. A Nobel laureate, she is well known for being the first woman to receive such award. Her and her husband Pierre Curie were the scientists to discover both radium and polonium.

               Noticing that uranium located in a substance called pitchblende was much more radioactive than normal uranium, the Curie’s began to experiment on the substance. Through hard work and many hours of experimentation, large quantities of the substance eventually lead to the discovery of polonium. Eventually, they were also able to isolate radium. Her contributions to science cannot be understated.

               Her research has led to the creation of various X-ray machines. During World War I, she worked on the front lines, functioning the machines to help injured soldiers. An additional type of X-ray can see moving parts in the body, like the heart pumping.

               She sacrificed her whole life to the study of these elements. Unknowing at the time of the dangers of radioactive materials, she died of leukemia, probably as a result of prolonged radiation exposure. Her research, however, has saved countless lives.  

#marie curie #pierre curie #nobel laureate #nobel prize #nuclear science #nuclear radiation #nuclear physics #radioactivity #radiation #nuclear #nuclear breakdown

[attendtobeauty]

"Books and all forms of writing have always been objects of terror to those who seek to suppress the truth." Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate in Literature

#Wole Soyinka #Poetry #Stories #Plays #Nobel laureate #Nobel Prize Literature #Books #Comics #truth seeker

[nordleuchten]

Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless have just been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for theory works in click chemistry and biorthogonal chemistry … how cool is that!?

#nobel prize #nobel laureate #carolyn r. bertozzi #morten meldal #k. berry sharpless #usa #danemark #2022 #nobel prize in chemistry #click chemistry #bioorthogonal chemistry #i am especially happy for bertozzi #chemistry #science #personal

[literanarchy]

Blessed is an awakening that stirs beautiful memories in the heart.

Rhadopis of Nubia by Naguib Mahfouz

#rhadopis of nubia #naguib mahfouz #egyptian literature #nobel laureate #quotes #literary quotes #memories in the heart #awakenings