With this article, we continue our series of columns dedicated to celebrating the lives of the Nobel Prize winners honored by the names of the 125 streets in Laureate Park. I wonder if any homeowner on Dugard Court has ever read anything written by the French author Roger Martin du Gard? Or for that matter, anyone in Lake Nona or Orlando or even all of Florida? … [Read more...]
Nobel Notable of Laureate Park: Gertrude Elion, Rational Drug Designer, or The Pharmacological Phenomenon
With this article, we continue our series of columns dedicated to celebrating the lives of the Nobel Prize winners whose names grace the 125 streets of Laureate Park. Dr. Otto Phanstiel, professor of medical education at the University of Central Florida’s College of Medicine, contributed to this article. Women are not supposed to win Nobel Prizes for science. Or at least … [Read more...]
Nobel Notable of Laureate Park: Howard Temin, the Retrovirus Rebel Who Became an Oracle
This is the 12th in a series of articles that celebrate the lives of the Nobel Prize laureates whose names grace the 125 streets of Laureate Park. These laureates are extraordinary individuals who through their lifetime achievements have made our daily lives immeasurably richer, often in ways not readily evident. Whoever names the streets in Laureate Park has got to be a … [Read more...]
Nobel Notable of Laureate Park: Daniel Bovet, Champion of Curative Chemistry
This is the 11th in a series of articles that celebrates the lives of the Nobel Prize laureates whose names grace the 125 streets of Laureate Park. These laureates are extraordinary individuals who through their lifetime achievements have made our daily lives immeasurably richer, often in ways not readily evident. Switzerland, without a doubt, is the opposite of … [Read more...]
Nobel Notable of Laureate Park: Toshihide Maskawa, Diviner of Quarks
This is the ninth in a series of articles that celebrate the lives of the Nobel Prize laureates whose names grace the 125 streets of Laureate Park. Dr. Costas Efthimiou, professor of physics at the University of Central Florida, contributed to this article. “Three quarks for Muster Mark!” Diagram of the Standard Model of particle physics. 12 fundamental particles that … [Read more...]