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Allan M. Cormack’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1979 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, Godfrey Hounsfield has asked me to speak for both of us. We would most respectfully request Your Majesty to convey to the Nobel Foundation and the Nobel Assembly of Karolinska Institutet our intense gratitude for the…

Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1978 Nucleotide Sequence Specificity of Restriction Endonucleases Pdf 272 kB

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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…

Interview transcript Professor Werner Arber, welcome to be with us here in Lindau. Werner Arber: Thank you. Though some years have passed since you were receiving the big honour. At the time, what did you think would come out of being given the prize? Did it change your scientific work in any…

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

Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1978 Restriction Endonucleases, Simian Virus 40, and the New Genetics Pdf 404 kB

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…

Roger Guillemin’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1977 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, Speaking in the name of my colleagues, Rosalyn Yalow and Andrew Schally, may I express to you our gratitude for the honor you are doing all of us in ennobling this ceremony by your royal presence. A…