1962
Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Gunnar Jahn, Chairman of the Shortly after the atomic bombs were exploded over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, made this statement: “The time has come now, when man must give up war. It is no longer rational to solve international problems by resorting to war. Now that an atomic bomb, such as the bombs…
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Maurice Wilkins – Biographical
Biographical
Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins was born at Pongaroa, New Zealand, on December 15th, 1916. His parents came from Ireland; his father Edgar Henry Wilkins was a doctor in the School Medical Service and was very interested in research but had little opportunity for it. At the age of 6, Wilkins was brought to England and…
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Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Professor A. Engström, member of the Staff of Professors of the Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Audience. An attempt to explain the significance of the discovery which has led to this year’s Nobel Prize award in Physiology or Medicine could begin at a point which seems to be far from the…
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