Jean-Paul Sartre, born #OnThisDay in 1905, was the first person to voluntarily decline the #NobelPrize. In 1964, Sartre was awarded the literature prize, but he did not wish to accept the prize as he had always declined official honours. Learn more: bit.ly/2ZP590B pic.twitter.com/ucPY4DjpZ9

After Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, Ernest Chain (pictured) alongside Howard Florey, was instrumental in the isolation of the antibiotic. This led to a pharmaceutical that could be produced in large quantities. All three received the 1945 #NobelPrize. pic.twitter.com/oFGoqm9boU

#NobelPrize laureate Karl Landsteiner made a discovery that continues to save countless lives every day. He discovered and classified ABO human blood groups, which made safe blood transfusions possible. #WorldBloodDonorDay pic.twitter.com/xsUxVuYQ3O

Watch the very moment Ahmed Zewail received his Nobel Prize on 10 December 1999. Zewail was awarded the chemistry prize "for his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy." #NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/zPzm6Bj4mf

“In 1980, I was sentenced to death by the military regime. For six months in prison, I awaited the execution day.” In his #NobelPrize lecture, Kim Dae-jung shared the story of how he bravely struggled against authoritarian regimes in South Korea: nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2… pic.twitter.com/W66iQ4MRQN

“A voyage to Europe in the summer of 1921 gave me the first opportunity of observing the wonderful blue opalescence of the Mediterranean Sea.” In his #NobelPrize lecture, renowned physicist C.V. Raman gave an insight into how his research into light scattering began. pic.twitter.com/qq2Lm2EGHG

Nobel Prize laureate Abdus Salam at the opening of @ictpnews building on 9 June 1968. Salam donated all his #NobelPrize money to benefit physicists in developing countries – one of the missions of the International Center for Theoretical Physics, which he founded. pic.twitter.com/ZD1LSFCRQ0

"The world is not a certain place. Anything could happen." Peter Ratcliffe on the role of planning - or not - in the life and career of a scientist. #NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/VbsFmWe3xf

“I think economics is a very mysterious, extremely challenging subject.” - economics sciences laureate Edmund Phelps. Learn about his work: nobelprize.org/prizes/economi… #NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/XA9Zs03klX

"Our task is to try to understand the real world." Hear physics laureate Michael Kosterlitz speak about the role physicists have in the world and how to solve problems within that field. #NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/erdvXVlSqe

The scientist behind the discovery of the neutron was James Chadwick, awarded the 1935 #NobelPrize in Physics. The discovery was reported in two papers. The second, 'The existence of a neutron', was published #onthisday, 1 June 1932. Read it here: bit.ly/2J33nnW pic.twitter.com/6t2gv8sd5B

The noble gas krypton was identified by chemistry laureate William Ramsey on 30 May 1898. Like other noble gases, krypton can be used in lighting and photography. In June the same year Ramsey discovered neon and in July he discovered xenon. #NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/UtAEkFCYj7

When civil war in Liberia raged, peace laureate Leymah Gbowee stood with thousands of other women protesting for peace in their country. Their non-violent movement was decisive in ending the fourteen-year-long war in 2003. #NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/ftFYiHiVUq

When asked what it feels like to know that your work has saved millions of lives, medicine laureate Drew Weissman, said it hasn’t sunk in. Learn more about his research: nobelprize.org/prizes/medicin… #NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/xYelWFN1yi

”My mother told me, 'Kati, you know, next week they are announcing who will be awarded to Nobel Prize. I will listen, you might get it, they might say your name!' I told her, 'Don't worry'.” Katalin Karikó speaks about her journey to the #NobelPrize: nobelprize.org/prizes/medicin… pic.twitter.com/5zQkkCd8iJ

Did you know that John Cockcroft, along with Ernest Walton, was the first to split the lithium atom with a proton beam? The two shared the 1951 #NobelPrize in Physics for their pioneering work on transmutation of atomic nuclei. Read more on Cockcroft: bit.ly/3dElOvr pic.twitter.com/2rZ82ZpiTA

Take a look at Svante Arrhenius' doctoral thesis, published on this day, 26 May in 1884. The thesis was the main basis for awarding him the 1903 #NobelPrize in Chemistry. Read more about Arrhenius: bit.ly/2QHCts4 pic.twitter.com/i9HSkNYkE0

"If someone had ever told me that I had the slightest chance of winning the Nobel Prize, I would have to think that I’d have about the same odds as standing on the moon." - @bobdylan, awarded the 2016 #NobelPrize in Literature. pic.twitter.com/LIs7YLHnrf

"If you're not failing, you're not pushing boundaries." Hear medicine laureate Elizabeth Blackburn speak about the valuable lessons we can learn from failure. #NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/f7GTY3VfBi

Get to know medicine laureate Katalin Karikó in the first podcast episode of our new season! Karikó tells us about her difficult journey to the #NobelPrize and how she motivated herself to never give up: shows.acast.com/nobelprizeconv… pic.twitter.com/84Ar2Kj9Gi

今年ノーベル物理学賞を受賞したロジャー・ペンローズは物理学者ですが,量子力学観点からの『皇帝の新しい心』という知能論の本(分厚い)があり,AI分野の人は知ってるかも 量子脳理論を提唱して,脳の働きの説明を試みています(眉唾) 量子脳理論はSAOにも登場して,一般にも馴染みがありそう #NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/gTtgdd6SUE