Today in Labor History September 9, 1828: Leo Tolstoy, Russian author and playwright was born. He is most famous for novels like Anna Karina, and War and Peace. He chose the name for the latter after reading French anarchist Proudhon’s publication called War and Peace. Tolstoy also wrote many short stories, an autobiography and many works of nonfiction. After witnessing a public execution in 1857, he wrote: "The truth is that the State is a conspiracy designed not only to exploit, but above all to corrupt its citizens ... Henceforth, I shall never serve any government anywhere." In the 1870s, he experienced a profound spiritual awakening, which led him to become a Christian anarchist and pacifist, and which he wrote about in his non-fiction work Confession (1882). He also wrote about nonviolent resistance in The Kingdom of God Is Within You (1894), which influenced Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Wittgenstein. He was repeatedly nominated for Nobel prizes in both literature and peace.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #anarchism #pacifism #peace #tolstoy #gandhi #MartinLutherKing #NobelPrize #literature #fiction #books #author #writer #russia @bookstadon

On this day in 1941: Hans Spemann died, won 1935 #NobelPrize for discovering embryonic induction #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1923: D Carleton Gajdusek born, won 1976 #NobelPrize for his discovery of transmissible dementias #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1985: John F Enders died, won 1954 #NobelPrize for technique to grow polio virus and developed measles vaccine #NobelPrize #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1918: Derek Barton born, won 1969 #NobelPrize for demonstrating the chemical and biological behaviour of steroids #ThisDayinBiotech

Who’s Next? Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023:
Make your predictions for the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

https://www.chemistryviews.org/whos-next-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-2023/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviewds #whosnext #nobelprize #chemiverse

The Arthur Sackler character in Painkiller claims that the #Nobelprize is a prime example of #ReputationLaundring and i think he is right? 🤔

The story of how Nobel read his own obituary and was shocked into action is very well known, and like, are we supposed to think that is a good thing, count it as a victory for accidental shaming?? Celebrate something good coming from the bad??

On this day in 1913: Stanford Moore born, won 1972 #NobelPrize for his work on the catalytic activity of ribonuclease #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1906: Max Delbruck born, pioneer of virus and bacteria genetics, won 1969 #NobelPrize ThisDayInBiotech

@ManyRoads This was truly a no-brainer, from start to end.

What would be the point of a #NobelPrize ceremony if nobody showed up to accept their prize?

The entire free world 🗺️ knows to #StandWithUkraine.

Time to do a #purge of #SovietZombies 🧟‍♂️ from the #Nobel Committee? 🤔

On this day in 1899: Frank Macfarlane Burnet born, won 1960 #NobelPrize for advancing knowlege about auto-immunitty and immune tolerance #ThisDayInBiotech

Nobel Prize Foundation revokes its invitation to Iran and Russia https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66695198

Which begs the questions: what the motherfecking hell were they thinking even inviting these global pariahs in the first place??? Seriously???

#iran #Russia #NobelPrize

#NobelPrize foundation scraps plan to invite #Russia, #Belarus after criticism

The #NobelFoundation reversed course on Saturday & said it would not invite the ambassadors of Russia & Belarus to this year’s award ceremony in Stockholm, after a decision to invite them back to the annual event drew objections in #Sweden & #Ukraine.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/02/nobel-ceremony-russia-belarus-invite-criticism/

On this day in 2001: Christiaan Barnard died, transplanted the first successful human heart, #NobelPrize #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1992: Barbara McClintock died, won 1938 #NobelPrize for showing how chromosomes change #ThisDayInBiotech #WomenInBiotech

As another Nobel Prize is on the horizon, I just want to say that not only is Ishion Hutchinson still alive, but also, there's a new book coming in November and I am very excited.

#nobelprize #literature

Nobelstiftelsens diplomatiska talang verkar ganska bristfällig. Ett annat, betydligt lustigare, klavertramp var när de meddelade att Doris Lessing inte skulle närvara med motiveringen att hon ”har varit dålig under en period”. Ja, det är ju bra om inte dåliga författare prisas. #nobel #nobelprize https://news.cision.com/se/nobelstiftelsen/r/doris-lessings-narvaro-under-nobelveckan-i-stockholm-installd,c316273

@anchr I don't hate the #Nobel #PeacePrize , but I can see how you got that impression. That's my fault.

I was awkwardly trying to point to the irony of the situation.

The only prize I dislike is the Bank of Sweden Prize for Economic Science in memory of Alfred Nobel, which was conceived by Swedish bankers in the 1960s, and it is not a "#NobelPrize " at all, but they insist on pretending that it is! 😒

On this day in 1877: Francis W Aston born, won 1922 #NobelPrize for for discovering isotopes #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1985: Frank Macfarlane Burnet died, won 1960 #NobelPrize for advancing knowlege about auto-immunitty and immune tolerance #ThisDayInBiotech