THINK BIG : can Malta produce a Nobel laureate?

Iceland (population: 320,000) is proud of writer Halldor Laxness; the even smaller Faroe Islands (pop: 50,000) celebrates its physician and scientist Niels Ryberg Finsen. The combined population of these countries is smaller than Malta’s, yet they have each managed to secure Nobel Laureates: Laxness...

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Main Author: Baldacchino, Godfrey
Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Malta 2017
Subjects:
Science > Malta
Nobel Prize winners
Faroe Islands
Iceland
Online Access:https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/19526
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spelling ftunivmalta:oai:www.um.edu.mt:123456789/19526 2023-05-15T16:10:39+02:00 THINK BIG : can Malta produce a Nobel laureate? Baldacchino, Godfrey 2017-03 https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/19526 en eng University of Malta Baldacchino, G. (2017). THINK BIG : can Malta produce a Nobel laureate? THINK Magazine, 19, 12. https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/19526 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. Science -- Malta Nobel Prize winners contributionToPeriodical 2017 ftunivmalta 2021-10-16T17:54:40Z Iceland (population: 320,000) is proud of writer Halldor Laxness; the even smaller Faroe Islands (pop: 50,000) celebrates its physician and scientist Niels Ryberg Finsen. The combined population of these countries is smaller than Malta’s, yet they have each managed to secure Nobel Laureates: Laxness in Literature in 1955; Finsen in Medicine in 1903. Small size may be a handicap, but—as the Iceland and Faroe examples attest —it is not an insurmountable obstacle. Small size should not prove to be a cheap excuse. So the question is: can Malta produce a Nobel Laureate? N/A Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands Iceland University of Malta: OAR@UM Faroe Islands
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Nobel Prize winners
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description Iceland (population: 320,000) is proud of writer Halldor Laxness; the even smaller Faroe Islands (pop: 50,000) celebrates its physician and scientist Niels Ryberg Finsen. The combined population of these countries is smaller than Malta’s, yet they have each managed to secure Nobel Laureates: Laxness in Literature in 1955; Finsen in Medicine in 1903. Small size may be a handicap, but—as the Iceland and Faroe examples attest —it is not an insurmountable obstacle. Small size should not prove to be a cheap excuse. So the question is: can Malta produce a Nobel Laureate? N/A
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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/19526
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