The Nobel Prize in 2021 has been gradually announced. Among the countries and institutions that have won the most Nobel Prizes in the world, there is such an academy, which has only 34 Nobel Prize winners. This is where Newton , Bacon, Byron , Russell , Whitehead, and Wittgenstein have studied and worked: Cambridge Trinity College .
What’s more interesting is that although there are 34 Nobel Prize winners, Trinity College has always been most famous for the apple tree that “inspired” Newton. Now we don’t mention these philosophers, or apple trees, the singular number of Nobel Prize winners from here.
Physics is a strong point
Trinity College, located in the center of Cambridge University, was established in the 16th century. From 1904 to 2019, a total of 34 Nobel Prize winners came out from here.
The Academy was awarded the Nobel Prize for the first time in 1904. This year the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John William Strath (Baron Rayleigh). The Nobel Prize rewarded him for confirming that argon is a new element through gas density research experiments that year.
Although the element argon was prepared by Henry Cavendish as early as 1785, it was determined by experiments by John William Straths and William Ramsay in 1894. Its existence as a new element.
The discovery of argon explains why the density of nitrogen extracted from the air is different from the density of nitrogen obtained by breaking down ammonia. As one of the rare gases, argon is odorless and tasteless, and it is the rare gas with the largest content in the air.
Because argon is an inert gas because of its stable properties, scientists use the word "Argon" in the Greek word to be lazy and not working as its chemical name.The chemical symbol of argon is also designated as Ar. At present, because of its easy availability and low cost, argon is an important inert gas used to prevent material reactions and has economic benefits.
Winning the Nobel Prize is not accidental. John William Strath (Baron Rayleigh) has been studying the composition of gases for ten years, and he has performed accurate gas density specific gravity many times. For example, he announced that the atomic weight ratio of hydrogen and oxygen is actually not 1:16, but 1:15.882.
It is because of the diligent research of John William Strass (Baron Rayleigh) that he got the attention of chemist Ramsay after he published his own difference between the density of distilled nitrogen and chemically obtained nitrogen. , And cooperated with them, and further discovered that the nitrogen-like element they discovered in the experiment is not actually an isotope of nitrogen, but a new element, namely argon.
Nobel Peace Prize
In addition to a large number of Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry and medicine, Trinity College also ushered in a Nobel Peace Prize in 1925 prize. This time the winner is Austin Chamberlain. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize together with Charles Gates Daws because he contributed to the Locarno Convention in 1925.
Austin Chamberlain is a native of Birmingham, England. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge in his early years, and then moved to Berlin and Paris to continue his studies. Austin Chamberlain entered politics in 1888 and served as British Foreign Minister from 1924 to 1928. During this period, he abolished the treaty signed between Britain and the Soviet Union and turned to support the alliance between Britain and France and Belgium.
The Locarno Convention was mainly drafted by Austin Chamberlain. The core content is to determine the territorial boundaries between the European Allies of World War I and the emerging countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The seven countries participating in the signing of the convention are: Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, , Czechoslovakia and Poland.Among them, the restoration of normal relations with the defeated country Germany is also the focus of the treaty.
With the support of the United States, this treaty not only brought Austin Chamberlain the Nobel Peace Prize, but also had an impact on the situation in the world for more than ten years: as the British-Soviet contract broke down, the Soviet Union gradually received European isolated. In Europe, Britain placed itself as an arbitrator through a contract and hinted at the involvement of British troops when Germany invaded Poland in 1939.
Nobel Prize in Economics
1998 Dean of Trinity College in Cambridge Amartya Sen won the Nobel Prize in Economics. Amartya Sen has been involved in various fields of research, but his contribution to economics is particularly prominent. He has published many books on welfare economics, the field of social choice, and development economics.
Amartya Sen is an elderly and productive researcher. He received his Ph.D. from Cambridge University at the age of 26, and then taught in India, the United Kingdom and the United States. In his later years, Amartya Sen traveled back and forth between India and other countries and was still active in the field of research. In 2016, Amartya Sen became the distinguished professor of , School of Economics, Peking University.
Now, when the epidemic is raging around the world, Amartya Sen once again posted an article in India to express his concerns. He believes that the epidemic may pose a huge threat to the poor in India. Difficulties in material transportation, food shortages, and cumbersome inspections may all worsen the lives of the poor.
Amartya Sen specifically mentioned paying attention to the lives of marginalized people in the article. Their decision may seem trivial, but they decide whether food seeds will be purchased and directly affect whether the hunger crisis will come in the coming year.
There is another interesting story about Amartya Sen.According to legend, when Tagore won the Nobel Prize, his secretary had hoped that the literary master would name his nephew who was about to be born. Tagore thought about it afterwards and said "Amartya", and the owner of this name was later Amartya Sen, the eighth Nobel Prize winner in India.
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