Fridtjof Nansen was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his leading role in the repatriation of prisoners of war, in international relief work and as the League of Nations’ High Commissioner for Refugees. Fridtjof Nansen Full name: Fridtjof NansenBorn: 10 October 1861, Kristiania (now Oslo), NorwayDied: 13 May 1930, Oslo, NorwayDate awarded: 10 December 1922…

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Archibald V. Hill’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1923 The pursuit of natural knowledge, the investigation of the world – mental and material – in which we live, is not a dull and spiritless affair: rather is it a voyage of adventure of the human mind, a holiday for reckless and…

Otto Meyerhof’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1923 (in German) Auf die Worte, die Herr Professor Lönnberg an uns Preisträger gerichtet hat, hat Herr Blix schon mit einer so schönen Rede geantwortet, dass mir nur übrig bleibt, dieser meinen eigenen Dank hinzuzufügen. Die gastfreie und hochherzige Gesinnung Schwedens haben meine Frau…

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Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1923 The Mechanism of Muscular Contraction In investigating the mechanism involved in the activity of striated muscle two points must be borne in mind, firstly, that the mechanism, whatever it be, exists separately inside each individual fibre, and secondly, that this fibre is in principle an isothermal machine, i.e. working practically…

Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1923 Energy Conversions in Muscle Pdf 52 kB

Norwegian Nobel-foredrag hollt i Kristiania den 19de december 1922 Paa Roms Kapitol er der et stykke marmor, som synes mig i sin enkle pathos aa være et av de skjønneste. Det er den »Døende Galler». Han ligger saaret til døden paa slagmarken. Dette spenstige legeme, herdet i arbeid og kamp, nu slappet mot undergangen. Det…

English Nobel Lecture, December 19, 1922 (Translation) The Suffering People of Europe In the Capitoline Museum in Rome is a sculpture in marble which, in its simple pathos, seems to me to be a most beautiful creation. It is the statue of the “Dying Gaul”. He is lying on the battlefield, mortally wounded. The vigorous…