2007

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German Biobibliographische Notiz Doris Lessing wurde am 22. Oktober 1919 von englischen Eltern in Kermanshah im damaligen Persien, dem heutigen Iran, als Doris May Taylor geboren. Ihr Vater, Alfred Cook Taylor, war Bankangestellter und während des Ersten Weltkriegs Hauptmann der britischen Armee. Ihre Mutter, Emily Maude Taylor, war Krankenschwester. 1925 zog die Familie in der…

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French Le secrétaire perpétuel Communiqué de presse Le 11 octobre 2007 Prix Nobel de littérature pour l’année 2007 Doris Lessing Le prix Nobel de littérature pour l’année 2007 est attribué à l’écrivain anglais « la conteuse épique de l’expérience féminine, qui avec scepticisme, ardeur et une force visionnaire scrute une civilisation divisée ». Académie Suédoise

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English 9 October 2007 has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2007 jointly to Albert Fert Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/THALES, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France, and Peter Grünberg Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, “for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance”. Nanotechnology gives sensitive read-out heads for compact hard disks This year’s physics prize is awarded…

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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2007 Editors: Börje Johansson, Member of the Nobel Committee for Physics, Ulrika Björkstén, Nobel Museum, Anna Delin, Royal Institute of Technology, Annika Moberg and Andrea Westerdahl, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Layout and illustration: Typoform Print: Katarinatryck AB 2007 Copyright The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Box 50005, SE-104 05…

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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2007 The electrons in the illustration are represented by small magnets as it is their magnetic qualities that give rise to giant magnetoresistance. The magnetic moment in the electrons is the result of their internal “rotation”, spin, that can point upwards or downwards. Here the electric current is divided into…

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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2007 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2007 jointly to Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg “for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance” Albert Fert Professor, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France. Born in 1938. Photo: © CNRS Photolibrary – C. Lebedinsky Peter Grünberg…

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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2007 1086 First description of a compass in China by Shen Kuo in the book Meng Xi Bi Tan. 1857 Lord Kelvin discovers magnetoresistance. 1902 Nobel Prize awarded to Hendrik Lorentz and Pieter Zeeman “in recognition of the extraordinary service they rendered by their researches into the influence of magnetism…

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