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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Science Quiz
This is the laboratory of a Nobel-prize winning scientist, located on a street in Europe bearing the name of that scientist. Whose laboratory is it?
Let's see... you are in Paris. Louis Pasteur? No, he didn't get a Nobel prize. Pierre Curie? He did get a Nobel prize, but the Institut Curie is in rue d'Ulm (the Bourbaki street...). Is there a rue Curie in Paris where he had a lab? Sorry, I give up!
Eotvos?
ReplyDeleteNope.
ReplyDeleteCurie?
ReplyDeleteLet's see... you are in Paris. Louis Pasteur? No, he didn't get a Nobel prize. Pierre Curie? He did get a Nobel prize, but the Institut Curie is in rue d'Ulm (the Bourbaki street...). Is there a rue Curie in Paris where he had a lab? Sorry, I give up!
ReplyDeleteYes, it's the laboratory of Marie Curie, now preserved as a museum at 11, rue Pierre et Marie Curie, in Paris.
ReplyDeleteThat's on a street? It looks like it's in a building. They sure do have clean, shiny, well-furnished streets in Paris.
ReplyDeleteSorry that English is not your native language, Byzanteen.
ReplyDeleteI am too late to compete, but I did guess that it was the Curie's laboratory before checking the comments...
ReplyDeleteHave a safe trip, and do say hi to JP Allouche from me if you see him...
Jeremy