1932
Sir Charles Sherrington – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1932 Inhibition as a Coordinative Factor That a muscle on irritation of its nerve contracts had already long been familiar to physiology when the 19th century found a nerve which when irritated prevented its muscle from contracting. This observation seemed for a time too strange to be believed. Its truth did…
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Irving Langmuir – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Irving Langmuir – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Irving Langmuir’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1932 To my mind this impressive ceremony which so well typifies the spirit of the Swedish people, is significant as a realization of the magnificent idealism of Alfred Nobel. He desired above all things to benefit mankind. He recognized the importance of science and…
moreWerner Heisenberg – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel Banquet Menu 1932
Tortue claire Turbot à l´amiral Caneton à la royal Soufflé glacé aux violettes Petits fours Fruits VINS Golden Sherry Schloss Böckelheimer, 1928 Ch. Beychevelle, 1924 Louis Roederer, Grand Vin Sec
moreThe Nobel Peace Prize 1932
Summary
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
moreAward ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Professor G. Liljestrand, member of the Staff of Professors of the , on December 10, 1932 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. Within the domain of physiology and medicine probably few spheres will be calculated to attract to themselves attention to the same extent as the nervous system, that distributor…
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