Just one question pops up on our Medical City quiz today: Can you name one scientist, any scientist, responsible for inventing the COVID vaccine? Sorry, Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx don’t count; though they led the national effort to convince (most of) us to take the vaccine, they didn’t develop the vaccine themselves. Isn’t it odd – and revealing – that a couple hundred … [Read more...]
Nobel Notable of Laureate Park: Rabindranath Tagore, Polymath of India
This is the 16th in a series of articles that celebrate the lives of the Nobel Prize laureates whose names grace the 130+ 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. Two accomplished Tagore enthusiasts in India contributed to … [Read more...]
Nobel Notable of Laureate Park: William Beebe, Bathysphere Biologist
This is the 15th in a series of articles that celebrate the lives of the Nobel Prize laureates whose names grace the 130+ 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. Oddities abound in our neighborhood. As one example, would … [Read more...]
Nobel Notable of Laureate Park: Roger Martin du Gard, Gallic Wordsmith
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...]