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The bank, called by the media the "Nobel Prize sperm bank", claimed to have three Nobel Prize-winning donors, though Shockley was the only one to publicly acknowledge his involvement. [76] However, Shockley's controversial views brought the Repository for Germinal Choice a degree of notoriety and may have discouraged other Nobel Prize winners ...
The first couple nominated for the Nobel Prize were the American pacifists Edwin Mead (1849–1937) and Lucia Ames Mead (1856–1936). They were endorsed by Samuel Train Dutton (1849–1919) for their numerous contributions in the promotion of peace. [15]
While Shockley had received a Nobel Prize in Physics and was an experienced researcher and teacher, his management of the group was authoritarian and unpopular. [note 1] This was accentuated by Shockley's research focus not proving fruitful. [note 2] After the demand for Shockley to be replaced was rebuffed, the eight left to form their own ...
She married teacher William Shockley in 1948, and had two children named William Leslie Jr. and Tamara Ann. [1] The couple later divorced but Shockley kept her ex-husband's last name. Shockley worked as a librarian at Delaware State College and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, before working for Special Negro Collection at Fisk ...
John Bardeen (/ b ɑːr ˈ d iː n /; May 23, 1908 – January 30, 1991) [2] was an American mathematical physicist and electrical engineer.He is the only person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice: first in 1956 with William Shockley and Walter Brattain for the invention of the transistor; and again in 1972 with Leon N. Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer for a fundamental theory of ...
The first baby conceived from the project was a girl born on April 19, 1982. Founded by Robert Klark Graham, the repository was dubbed the "Nobel prize sperm bank" by media reports at the time. [2] The only contributor who became known publicly was William Shockley, Nobel laureate in physics.
Kofi Atta Annan (/ ˈ k oʊ f i ˈ æ n æ n / KOH-fee AN-an, [1] US also /-ˈ ɑː n ɑː n /- AH-nahn; [2] 8 April 1938 – 18 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. [3] Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. [4]
Among the 892 Nobel laureates, 48 have been women; the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize was Marie Curie, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. [12] She was also the first person (male or female) to be awarded two Nobel Prizes, the second award being the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, given in 1911. [11]