Nobel Prize

While reading In Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolio: The Stories, Voices, and Key Insights of the Pioneers Who Shaped the Way We Invest authored by Professors Andrew Lo (MIT) and Stephen Foerster (Western University), I was under the impression that these influential pioneers in modern finance, most of whom are…

What is war? How is declaring war different than commiting suicide or executing mass murder? Speaking about going to war is more platable than speaking about wanting to commit suicide or wanting to murder a few enemies. (My computer’s screen is pink and blue because hopefully Kieran White and I…

Alain Perspective is a French physicist who was granted the Nobel Prize in Physical Science in 2022 for his notable work in the field of quantum mechanics, specifically for his spearheading examination into the properties of caught particles. Perspective’s examinations enlighten quantum material science’s most bizarre highlights. His 1982 Ringer’s…

Riddle: He is an irritable Russian chemist, with an unkempt beard, strong personality, very persistent and also the youngest of the 14–16 brothers (versions differ). The correct answer is none other than Dimitri Mendeleev (1834–1907). …

Paul Berg, who passed away earlier in 2023, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1980. Afterwards, as is certainly true for anyone who wins the prize, but also for anyone who was successful before winning it, he spoke widely across the country and around the world about the research…

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences appears to have waited diligently till Stephen Hawking strode out to higher planes of cyborgean existence — to finally begin giving out Nobel Prizes in theoretical cosmology, black hole physics and so on. Honestly, I’m pretty much astonished that they took a risk before eyes of scientific establishment to honour his friend and co-author Penrose, who throughout his career deprived so many emperors from their stylish new mind-clouding clothes.

I’m halfway through clearing out my 5 filing cabinets in anticipation of our imminent downsizing and my retirement. Occasionally I come across some gems that take me back to a very specific time and place, where I was excited enough to generate an enduring memory of the moment. I’m something…

Since its origin in 1901, the Nobel Prize has become one of the world’s most esteemed and desired grants, perceiving greatness in science, writing, and harmony. The laureates of the Nobel Prize have made significant contributions to human knowledge, comprehension, and advancement, resulting in a vast and far-reaching impact on…