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Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics
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LISE MEITNER: A LIFE IN PHYSICS By Ruth Lewin Sime University of California Press, $34.95
There is a famous collection of scientific instruments--uranium samples, lead vessels, Geiger counters--displayed at the Deutsches Museum in Munich. The exhibit celebrates the discovery of nuclear fission, for which Otto Hahn was awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize in chemistry. A plaque reading "Worktable of Otto Hahn hung above the display for 37 years. Hahn was one of Germany's postwar heroes: a nationalist but not a Nazi, a nuclear scientist untainted by any association with the atomic bomb.
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Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, 79, led Kuwait for 28 years OBITUARY
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...Herald Tribune 01-16-2006 Sheik Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, the soft-spoken emir of Kuwait...prince, Sheik Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah, 75, a distant cousin appointed...problems. Before becoming emir, Jaber was credited with adopting the...
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EGYPTIAN, SOUTH AFRICAN PROJECTS TO RECEIVE UNESCO/EMIR JABER AL-AHMAD AL-JABER AL-SABAH PRIZE FOR RESEARCH, TRAINING IN SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION FOR MENTALLY DISABLED
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...the newly created UNESCO/Emir Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah Prize for Research and Training in Special...Headquarters on 4 December. The Emir of Kowait, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, will take part in the ceremony which ...
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KUWAIT - Shaikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
Newspaper article from: APS Review Oil Market Trends
; ...s rights activist. She then replaced Shaikh Ahmad al-Abdullah al-Sabah in both posts. (Ms Mubarak, then 54, at the...appointment was confirmed by the then Emir, Shaikh Jaber al-Ahmad who died on Jan. 15, 2006. Since then the cabinet...
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White House Statement on Visit by Shaykh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, the Amir of Kuwait
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire
; ...THE PRESS SECRETARY Visit by Shaykh al-Sabah of Kuwait The President has invited His Highness Shaykh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, the Amir of Kuwait, to visit Washington for a working visit on February 28, 1996. The fifth anniversary...
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KUWAIT: KUWAITI AMIR CONGRATULATES EAST TIMOR PRESIDENT.(Amir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, Xanama Gusmao)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
; Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah on Friday sent a cable of congratulations to East Timor President Xanama Gusmao on the occasion of his...
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ERITREA: KUWAITI AMIR SENDS CABLE TO PRESIDENT OF ERITREA.(Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, Isaias Afwerki)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
; Kuwait's Amir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah on Friday sent a cable of congratulations to Eritrea President Isaias Afwerki on the occasion of his country's national day, KUNA said.
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KUWAIT: EMIR SENDS CABLE TO NORWAY'S KING.(Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah )(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
; Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah has sent a cable of congratulations to Norwegian King Harold on the occasion of Norway's constitution declaration day, according to Kuwait News Agency.
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Emir Shaikh Jaber al-Ahmad Al-Sabah has been moved out of intensive care at London's Cromwell Hospital following treatment for a minor stroke (Kuwait).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: MEED Middle East Economic Digest
; Kuwait Emir Shaikh Jaber al-Ahmad Al-Sabah has been moved out of intensive...and better" Health Minister Ahmed al-Jarallah told the official Kuwait...medical tests are excellent." Shaikh Jaber, who has ruled the country since...
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KUWAIT - Jan 19 - Kuwait Struggling To Recover Sense Of Purpose.(death of Shaikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah)
Newspaper article from: APS Diplomat Recorder
; ...to commemorate the life of the late emir, Shaikh Jaber Al Ahmad Al Sabah, who died on Jan 15 after ruling the oil-rich Shaikhdom...and de facto ruler of the past five years, Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad, who is himself 77 and fitted with a pacemaker...
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QATAR: QATARI EMIR SENDS MESSAGE TO KUWAITI COUNTERPART.(Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
; Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti Emir, received in Kuwait on Sunday a message from Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar. The message focused on bilateral relations between the two countries and issues...
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