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Have you read Ernest Hemingway's short novel 'The Old Man and the Sea'? The short novel from 1952 is the story of an old fisherman’s journey, his long and lonely struggle with a fish and the sea, and his victory in defeat. #WorldOceansDay https://t.co/j16Ceb1DIO

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Max Planck originated the quantum theory but did you know he was also a gifted musician? Beyond his contributions to some of the most fundamental theories of 20th-century physics, Planck was dedicated to international research collaboration. Learn more: https://t.co/7UXxtTNWLw https://t.co/P4ZtY06wRw

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"A personal story... a voyage through time.” For Ahmed Zewail, awarded the 1999 chemistry prize, the Nobel Prize medal carried a deeper symbolic story which he traced in his banquet speech back to his early life in Egypt. Read the full speech: https://t.co/iY6luRcbGq https://t.co/rAuyFmXxY2

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“I took one companion on my journey — an old French gentleman poodle known as Charley.”  In 1960, literature laureate John Steinbeck and Charley drove across the US. The roadtrip resulted in the travelogue ‘Travels with Charley: In Search of America’. https://t.co/q8KF4T72wb

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We mark International Day for the Abolition of Slavery by remembering literature laureate Toni Morrison who wrote about the horrors of slavery in several of her novels – including ‘A Mercy’ and ‘Beloved’ – and how its legacy, and irreparable harm, lives on. #AbolishSlavery

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This year’s #NobelPrize laureate in literature László Krasznahorkai is a great epic writer in the Central European tradition that extends through Kafka to Thomas Bernhard, and is characterised by absurdism and grotesque excess.

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Bertha von Suttner was the first woman awarded the #NobelPeacePrize. Her influential anti-war novel 'Lay Down Your Arms' (1889) was provocative to many, but the anti-militaristic message caught on. She is credited as the inspiration behind the creation of the peace prize. https://t.co/ZuDrvk2MYA

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Chemistry laureate Akira Yoshino: then and now. Yoshino's interest in chemistry was sparked when he received a copy of Michael Faraday's book 'The Chemical History of a Candle'. He ultimately ended up developing the first commercially viable lithium-ion battery in 1985. https://t.co/WS9CPBGQLi

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Did you know that bees communicate through a "waggle" dance, a set of movements to tell other bees exactly where to find food. Nobel Prize laureate Karl von Frisch was the first to translate the meaning of this dance. #InternationalDanceDay https://t.co/DDeHKAbE9q

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Have you read Ernest Hemingway's short novel 'The Old Man and the Sea'? The short novel from 1952 is the story of an old fisherman’s journey, his long and lonely struggle with a fish and the sea, and his victory in defeat. #WorldOceansDay https://t.co/j16Ceb1DIO