Kolkata: The city that bred Nobel laureates
Kolkata is often called the city of ‘bhadralok’, or ‘noble people’ – a city that has been home to educational elites...
Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize in Literature: The firsts
The Nobel Prize is one of the most prestigious awards at the international level. The award honours academic, cultural and/or scientific advances. Literature...
The German physicist who discovered X-rays
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a German physicist. In 1895 he was working with cathode rays when he discovered a different...
‘Mosquito Day’ – Hope you don’t get bitten!
20 August 1897 is officially considered to be the day when Ronald Ross identified the malaria parasite in the Anopheles...
Tragic life of Nobel Prize winner Max Planck
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck was a German physicist who discovered quantum physics. He was the founder of quantum theory,...
Who is the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes?
Linus Pauling was a chemist who contributed immensely to the knowledge of chemistry and biological molecules. For his research on...
