Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004 Prevents self-polination Did you know that roses are bisexual? Most plants are like this – they’re hermaphrodites. With such an arrangement, one wonders what prevents plants from fertilising themselves. In fact, ubiquitin-mediated protein breakdown is involved: the plant recognises and rejects its…
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Willard F. Libby – Biographical
Biographical
Willard Frank Libby was born in Grand Valley, Colorado, on 17th December, 1908, to Ora Edward Libby and his wife Eva May (née Rivers). He attended grammar and high schools near Sebastopol, California, between 1913 and 1926, moving to the University of California at Berkeley in 1927, where he studied till 1933, taking his B.Sc.…
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Jacobus H. van ‘t Hoff – Biographical
Biographical
Jacobus Henricus van ‘t Hoff was born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on August 30, 1852. He was the third child in a family of seven children of Jacobus Henricus van ‘t Hoff, a physician, and Alida Jacoba Kolff. In 1869 he entered the Polytechnic School at Delft and obtained his technology diploma in 1871. His decision…
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Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
English Presentation Speech by Professor Lars Thelander of , December 10, 2004. Professor Lars Thelander delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, This year’s Laureates in Chemistry are being rewarded for their discovery of life’s own…
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