Formaldehead Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 What is up with the Nobel Prizes in science being given to people aged 70-90? You'd think they'd hook them up a bit earlier, so that they could enjoy the $1,300,000, instead of using it to buy geriatric perscription drugs. Weak... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmberBuxom Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 trivia: who was the first american to win any nobel prize? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 Jimmy Carter? Toni Morrison? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 AmberBuxom said: trivia: who was the first american to win any nobel prize? I'm on it like stink on shit. I'll post the answer shortly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 trask said: AmberBuxom said: trivia: who was the first american to win any nobel prize? I'm on it like stink on shit. I'll post the answer shortly. NO FAIR TO GOOOGLE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 It wasn't in Google...I tried. I had to log into a Nobel Prize website forum I found and ask the question. Wonder if anyone will answer me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmberBuxom Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 i only know the answer cuz i was helping a tenyearold prepare a speech for school. dude is way famous and youll slap the forehead when ya figure it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmberBuxom Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 little hint: he expanded the the lands protected by the goverment by 230 million acres and was referred to as 'colonel' for most of his adult life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 what catagory did he win in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmberBuxom Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 trask said: what catagory did he win in? peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minx Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 Peace, 1906, Roosevelt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmberBuxom Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 ding ding ding. Â teddy roosevelt was an amazing person. he gave the money award away to help with world war 1 relief. he gave the medal to his kids. but he kept the certificate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minx Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 (edited) damn it! am i right??? where's my cookie? Â ok there it is! Edited October 8, 2003 by minx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmberBuxom Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 roosevelt got it for brokering a peace treaty between russia and japan. he got the negotiating diplomats on board the presidential yacht then gave the captain instructions not to come back to shore until an agreement was reached. classic bully pulpit action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 minx said: Peace, 1906, Roosevelt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 AmberBuxom said: little hint: he expanded the the lands protected by the goverment by 230 million acres and was referred to as 'colonel' for most of his adult life. Â of course! my favorite president! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 You're all wrong. The first American Nobel Peace Prize winner was Albert Michelson for Physics in 1907. Thank you, thank you, thank you very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 how did he win a peace prize for physics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 Dru said: how did he win a peace prize for physics? Albert Abraham Michelson for his optical precision instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations carried out with their aid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formaldehead Posted October 8, 2003 Author Share Posted October 8, 2003 Michelson-Morley Experiment disproved the presence of the aether, the medium through which light was thought at the time to progate through. The implications of the Michelson-Morley experiment eventually led Einstein to set the speed of light in a vacuum to be a constant (Special Relativity). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 Formaldehead said: Michelson-Morley Experiment disproved the presence of the aether, the medium through which light was thought at the time to progate through. The implications of the Michelson-Morley experiment eventually led Einstein to set the speed of light in a vacuum to be a constant (Special Relativity). Â the implications for WORLD PEACE are soooooo obvious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 whatever Dru, backpedaling doesn't become you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 trask, let me spell it out  you dont win a nobel peace prize for physics  you win a Nobel PHYSICS Prize for Physics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murraysovereign Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 But the original question was asking the first American to win ANY Nobel prize. The Peace prize drifted in when everyone got all excited about Teddy Roosevelt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 Dru said: trask, let me spell it out  you dont win a nobel peace prize for physics  you win a Nobel PHYSICS Prize for Physics! Okay, ya got me there. Nice save Einstein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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