2013年12月20日金曜日

2013 Nobel Week Highlights (今月のノーベル賞月報)

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DECEMBER 2013
2013 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm.
Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2013. Photo: Alex Ljungdahl.
Experience the Magic of the Nobel Festivities!
The thirteen Nobel Laureates of 2013 have participated in a full programme of events leading up to the ceremonies on 10 December. You can find the activities linked from http://www.nobelprize.org/. Enjoy a few highlights here!

Physics Laureate Peter Higgs.
Physics Laureate Peter Higgs.
"My Story Begins in 1960 ..."
In his Nobel Lecture, "The Goldstone Theorem", Physics Laureate Peter Higgs takes us on an odyssey over Nobel Prize awarded particle physics during the years.
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"Not a Moon Walk, but a Walk in the Cell"
Chemistry Laureate Martin Karplus shows an example on how computational chemistry is used to simulate and understand functions in our cells.
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Cell walk
Kinesin walks.

Ahmet Üzümcü.
Ahmet Üzümcü.
"You Cannot See Them. You Cannot Smell Them"
Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General of OPCW, talked about the organization's aim for a world free of chemical weapons at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo.
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Alice Munro: In Her Own Words
"I got interested in reading very early, because a story was read to me ..." Thus begins the pre-recorded conversation that replaced Alice Munro's Nobel Lecture, as the author couldn't be present for the Nobel Week.
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Alice Munro
Alice Munro.

Robert Shiller.
Robert Shiller.
"This Market Can Go Crazy Sometimes"
In this interview, Laureate in Economic Sciences Robert Shiller tries to explain his work to young students.
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"Freedom of Inquiry Must Be Preserved"
In his banquet speech, Randy W. Schekman acknowledged the legacy of Alfred Nobel to recognize basic science.
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Randy W. Schekman.
Randy W. Schekman.

Quiz
Take the 2013 Nobel Prize Quiz!
How much do you know about the awarded work of the 2013 Nobel Laureates? Test your knowledge in a quiz!
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