1987
Susumu Tonegawa – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Susumu Tonegawa’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1987 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have great difficulties in finding proper words to express my heartfelt gratitude to those in the Committee and Assembly who considered my work worthy of this ultimate recognition. It is, indeed, a high honor that you…
moreOscar Arias Sánchez – Acceptance Speech
Acceptance speech
Oscar Arias Sánchez’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1987 When you decided to honour me with this prize, you decided to honour a country of peace, you decided to honour Costa Rica. When in this year, 1987, you carried out the will of…
moreOscar Arias Sánchez – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Spanish Conferencia Nobel el dia 11 de diciembre de 1987 Solo la paz puede escribir la nueva historia Desear la paz, La Paz consiste, en gran parte, en el hecho de desearla con toda el alma. Estas palabras de Erasmo las viven los habitantes de mi pequeña Costa Rica. El mío es un pueblo sin…
moreOscar Arias Sánchez – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
English Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1987 Only Peace Can Write the New History Desiring peace Peace consists, very largely, in the fact of desiring it with all one’s soul. The inhabitants of my small country, Costa Rica, have realized those words by Erasmus. Mine is an unarmed people, whose children have never seen a fighter…
moreSpeed read: Getting chemistry into shape
Speed read
For natural biological molecules to interact effectively they need to identify that they are at the correct location, and the most effective means for achieving this lies in recognising their partner’s shape and the chemistry of their interaction. The best-known instance of this molecular recognition is the way in which enzymes are shaped exactly to…
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