Nobel Prize

Interview transcript Three days ago, there was a major announcement, a major event in science, you could say, a joint announcement by groups in the United States and the United Kingdom about, I would say, a high-quality DNA sequence of the entire human genome and the significance of this event was underlined…

Daniel Nathans’ speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1978 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I speak on behalf of the three Laureates in Medicine in expressing our deep appreciation to Your Majesty and to all those who have made of Alfred Nobel’s legacy a unique tribute to human achievement. Scientific knowledge…

Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1978 Promotion and Limitation of Genetic Exchange Pdf 83 kB

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Nobel Lecture, December 10, 1978 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Madame Chairlady and Members of the Nobel Prize Committee, Mr Marei, representative of the President of Egypt, Ladies and Gentlemen. I ask for permission first to pay tribute to Golda Meir, my predecessor, a great leader and Prime Minister, who strove with all…

Nobel Lecture, December 10, 1978 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Mr. Prime Minister of Israel, Madame Chairman and Members of The Nobel Peace Prize Committee, Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Peace be upon you. This is the traditional way in which, everyday, we greet one another. It reflects our deepest feelings and hopes. We…

Isaac Bashevis Singer’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1978 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, People ask me often, ‘Why do you write in a dying language?’ And I want to explain it in a few words. Firstly, I like to write ghost stories and nothing fits a ghost better than…

Artist: Gunnar Brusewitz Calligrapher: Kerstin Anckers

Works in Yiddish Der sotn in goray. – Warsaw : Yiddish PEN-Klub, 1935 ; New York : Matones, 1943 Di familye moshkat. – 2 vol. – New York : Sklarsky, 1950 Mayn tatns bes-din shtub. – New York : Der Kval, 1956 ; Tel Aviv : Y. L. Perets, 1979 Gimpel tam un andere dertseylungen.…