2009

Nobel Prize lecture

Swedish 7 december 2009 Varje ord vet något om den onda cirkeln HAR DU EN NÄSDUK, frågade min mor varje morgon vid porten, innan jag gick ut på gatan. Jag hade ingen. Och eftersom jag inte hade någon gick jag tillbaka in i rummet och hämtade en näsduk. Varje morgon hade jag ingen, eftersom jag…

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Nobel Prize lecture

German 7. Dezember 2009 Jedes Wort weiß etwas vom Teufelskreis HAST DU EIN TASCHENTUCH, fragte die Mutter jeden Morgen am Haustor, bevor ich auf die Straße ging. Ich hatte keines. Und weil ich keines hatte, ging ich noch mal ins Zimmer zurück und nahm mir ein Taschentuch. Ich hatte jeden Morgen keines, weil ich jeden…

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Nobel Prize lecture

French Le 7 décembre 2009 Chaque mot en sait long sur le cercle vicieux TU AS UN MOUCHOIR ? me demandait ma mère au portail tous les matins, avant que je ne parte dans la rue. Je n’en avais pas. Étant sans mouchoir, je retournais en prendre un dans ma chambre. Je n’en avais jamais, car…

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Nobel Prize lecture

Spanish 7 diciembre de 2009 Cada palabra sabe algo sobre el círculo vicioso ¿TIENES UN PAÑUELO? me preguntaba mi madre cada mañana en la puerta de casa, antes de que yo saliera a la calle. Yo no tenía el pañuelo, y como no lo tenía, regresaba a la habitación y sacaba un pañuelo. No tenía…

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Biographical

Childhood I was born in the small city of Hobart in Tasmania, Australia, in 1948. My parents were family physicians. My grandfather and great grandfather on my mother’s side were geologists. My great-grandfather on my father’s side, before coming to Australia as a minister of the Church of England, had lived for some time in…

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Biographical

I was born in San Diego, California in 1961. My brother Mark was born in January of the previous year. My father Kenneth Greider was a physicist who had recently graduated with a Ph.D. from University of California at Berkeley. My mother Jean Foley Greider also had received her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in Botany.…

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Award ceremony speech

Swedish Presentationstal av Professor Måns Ehrenberg, ledamot av ; ledamot av Nobelkommittén för kemi, 10 December 2009 Professor Måns Ehrenberg presenterar Nobelpriset i kemi 2009 i Stockholms Konserthus. Eders Majestäter, Eders Kungliga Högheter, Mina damer och herrar. Årets Nobelpris i kemi belönar studier av en av livets mest komplicerade molekylära maskiner, den så…

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Award ceremony speech

English Presentation Speech by Professor Måns Ehrenberg, Member of the ; Member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, 10 December 2009 Professor Måns Ehrenberg delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, This year’s Chemistry Prize rewards…

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