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Mona Van Duyn
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1991
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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
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Near Changes
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1971
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Bollingen Prize
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1971
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National Book Award for Poetry
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To See, To Take
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1989
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Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
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x
Mark Strand
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1999
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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
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Blizzard of One
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Jul 1987
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MacArthur Fellowship
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Poetry
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1993
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Bollingen Prize
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2004
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Wallace Stevens Award
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1992
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Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry
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The Continuous Life
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Wes Unseld
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x
Magic Johnson
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1993
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Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
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x
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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1985
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Sportsman of the Year
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x
Betsy Blair
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2006
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Chicago International Film Festival Career Achievement Award
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1955
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BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress
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Marty
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x
Nobby Woodcock
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2003
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for his dedication to grassroots football
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x
Barack Obama
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2006
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Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
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Dreams from My Father
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2009
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Nobel Peace Prize
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"for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples"
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2008
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Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
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The Audacity of Hope
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Ingmar Bergman
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1983
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Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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Fanny and Alexander
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1984
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César Award for Best Foreign Film
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Fanny and Alexander
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1983
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Fanny and Alexander
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1974
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New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay
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Scenes from a Marriage
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1973
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Cries and Whispers
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Sven Nykvist
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1996
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American Society of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award
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1983
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Academy Award for Best Cinematography
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Fanny and Alexander
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1973
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Academy Award for Best Cinematography
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Cries and Whispers
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Pravda
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May 23, 1930
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Order of Lenin
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x
Roman Panchenko
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Order of Lenin
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x
Sergey Afanasiev
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Order of Lenin
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Shelley Jackson
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2006
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James Tiptree, Jr. Award
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Half Life
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x
Catherynne M. Valente
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2006
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James Tiptree, Jr. Award
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The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden
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2008
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Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature
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The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice
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The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden
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Henry Dunant
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1901
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Nobel Peace Prize
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Founder, Red Cross; Geneva Convention
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x
Frédéric Passy
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1901
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Nobel Peace Prize
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Founder and President, Société d'arbitrage entre les Nations
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Jimmy Carter
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2002
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Nobel Peace Prize
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"for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development"
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1999
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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2007
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Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
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Shirin Ebadi
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2003
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Nobel Peace Prize
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Paul Erdős
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1983
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Wolf Prize in Mathematics
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for his numerous contributions to number theory, combinatorics, probability, set theory and mathematical analysis, and for personally stimulating mathematicians the world over.
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1951
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Cole Prize
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C. J. Cherryh
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1989
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Hugo Award for Best Novel
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Cyteen
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1982
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Hugo Award for Best Novel
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Downbelow Station
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1989
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Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
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Cyteen
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1977
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John W. Campbell Award for the Best New Writer
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1979
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Hugo Award for Best Short Story
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Cassandra
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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
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1901
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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In recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays (or x-rays)
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Hendrik Lorentz
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1902
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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Pieter Zeeman
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In recognition of the extraordinary service they rendered by their researches into the influence of magnetism upon radiation phenomena.
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Pieter Zeeman
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1902
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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Hendrik Lorentz
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In recognition of the extraordinary service they rendered by their researches into the influence of magnetism upon radiation phenomena.
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Antoine Henri Becquerel
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1903
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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In recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity.
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Pierre Curie
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1903
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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Marie Curie
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In recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel.
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Marie Curie
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1903
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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Pierre Curie
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In recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel.
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1911
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Davy Medal
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John William Strutt
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1904
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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For his investigations of the densities of the most important gases and for his discovery of argon in connection with these studies.
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Philipp Lenard
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1905
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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For his work on cathode rays.
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Joseph John Thomson
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1906
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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In recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases.
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Albert Abraham Michelson
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1907
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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For his optical precision instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations carried out with their aid". See Michelson-Morley experiment.
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Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Copley Medal
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Gabriel Lippmann
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1908
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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Lippmann plate
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For his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference.
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Guglielmo Marconi
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1909
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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Karl Ferdinand Braun
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in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy
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Karl Ferdinand Braun
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1909
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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Guglielmo Marconi
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in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy
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Johannes Diderik van der Waals
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1910
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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For his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids.
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Wilhelm Wien
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1911
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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For his discoveries regarding the laws governing the radiation of heat.
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Nils Gustaf Dalén
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1912
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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Invention of automatic valves designed to be used in combination with gas accumulators in lighthouses and light-buoys.
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Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
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1913
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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For his investigations on the properties of matter at low temperatures which led, inter alia, to the production of liquid helium.
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Max von Laue
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1914
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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For his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals.
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William Henry Bragg
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1915
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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William Lawrence Bragg
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For their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays.
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William Lawrence Bragg
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1915
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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William Henry Bragg
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For their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays.
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Charles Glover Barkla
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1917
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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For his discovery of the characteristic Röntgen radiation of the elements.
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Max Planck
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1918
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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In recognition of the services he rendered to the advancement of Physics by his discovery of energy quanta.
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Johannes Stark
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1919
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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For his discovery of the Doppler effect in canal rays and the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields.
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Charles Edouard Guillaume
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1920
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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In recognition of the service he has rendered to precision measurements in Physics by his discovery of anomalies in nickel steel alloys.
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Albert Einstein
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1921
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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For his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his explanation of the photoelectric effect.
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1925
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Copley Medal
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Niels Henrik David Bohr
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1922
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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For his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them.
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Robert Andrews Millikan
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1923
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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For his work on the elementary charge of electricity and on the photoelectric effect.
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Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn
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1924
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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For his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy.
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James Franck
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1925
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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Gustav Ludwig Hertz
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For their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom.
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Gustav Ludwig Hertz
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1925
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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James Franck
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For their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom.
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John Coolidge Adams
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2003
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Pulitzer Prize for Music
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On the Transmigration of Souls
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1989
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Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition
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Nixon in China
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2005
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Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition
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On the Transmigration of Souls
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1998
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Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition
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Kent Nagano
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Hallé Orchestra
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Marian Anderson
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1978
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Kennedy Center Honor
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Susan McClary
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Jul 1995
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MacArthur Fellowship
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Musicology
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Richard Powers
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2006
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National Book Award for Fiction
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The Echo Maker
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Aug 1989
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MacArthur Fellowship
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Fiction
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2003
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Dos Passos Prize
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1999
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James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Best Historical Fiction
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Gain
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1999
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Lannan Literary Award for Fiction
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Rhonda Vincent
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Del McCoury Band
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2005
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Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album
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Neal Cappellino
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The Company We Keep
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Nickel Creek
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2003
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Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album
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This Side
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Peter Gabriel
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1987
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Prix Ars Electronica - Digital Musics
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Jean-Claude Risset
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1989
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Grammy Award for Best New Age Album
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Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ
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2008
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Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
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Thomas Newman
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Down To Earth
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2008
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Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement
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Thomas Newman
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Define Dancing
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1987
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MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction
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Sledgehammer
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Jean-Claude Risset
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1987
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Prix Ars Electronica - Digital Musics
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Peter Gabriel
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