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Nobody has ever won a Nobel Prize by doing what they’re told,

Prigogine later was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1977 for showing that distance from equilibrium is an important and fundamental parameter of nature. As the distance from equilibrium and the corre- sponding temperature, pressure, or energy gradient increases

Compared to other scientists, Nobel laureates are at least twenty-two times more likely to partake as an amateur actor, dancer, magician, or other type of performer.

Alfred Nobel was the inventor of dynamite. When his brother Ludvig died in France, a newspaper mistakenly printed an obituary about Alfred instead of Ludvig. As a result, Alfred had the unusual experience of reading his own obituary. To his dismay, the focal point of the piece was the destruction brought about through his invention of dynamite. Dev

elle organisa d’innombrables réunions pacifistes et le triomphe de sa vie fut qu’elle éveilla la conscience d’Alfred Nobel, l’inventeur de la dynamite, et le convainquit, pour réparer le mal qu’il avait fait avec sa dynamite, de fonder le prix Nobel de la paix et de l’entente internationale. Elle