1939
Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
The following account of Lawrence’s work is by Professor , member of the Nobel Committee for Physics of In 1919 discovered that nitrogen can be brought to emit protons by bombardment with alpha particles, according to the nuclearreaction equation: This discovery meant the initiation of a new era in natural sciences. However, as long…
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Summary
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section.
moreGerhard Domagk – Biographical
Biographical
Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk was born on October 30, 1895, at Lagow, a beautiful, small town in the Brandenburg Marches. Until he was fourteen he went to school in Sommerfeld, where his father was assistant headmaster. His mother, Martha Reimer, came from farming stock in the Marches, where she lived in Sommerfeld until 1945 when…
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