Chemistry
James B. Sumner – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
James B. Sumner’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1946 Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am a plain man, just out of the laboratory, leaving my test tubes behind me. It is impossible for me to express our gratitude and our appreciation for the great honor which has…
moreArtturi Virtanen – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1945 The Biological Fixation of Nitrogen and the Preservation of Fodder in Agriculture, and Their Importance to Human Nutrition Pdf 545 kB
moreArtturi Virtanen – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Artturi Virtanen’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1945 (in Swedish) Kungliga högheter, mina damer, mina herrar. Vid Nobelfestligheterna ha pristagarna säkerligen från första början ganska regelbundet talat om fred, den goda viljan samt frihet. Detta temas aktualitet har varierat från år till år. Nu är det kanske aktuellare än någonsin förr.…
moreOtto Hahn – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 13, 1946 From the Natural Transmutations of Uranium to Its Artificial Fission Pdf 175 kB
moreGeorge de Hevesy – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Leopold Ruzicka – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1945 Multimembered Rings, Higher Terpene Compounds and Male Sex Hormones Pdf 525 kB
moreLeopold Ruzicka – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Leopold Ruzicka’s speech from the ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland, where the prize was distributed, January 16, 1940 (in German) Exzellenz, Meine Damen und Herren! Es war für mich eine angenehme Überraschung, als ich hörte, dass Eure Exzellenz im Auftrage der hohen schwedischen Regierung nach Zürich kommen werden zur persönlichen Überreichung dieser schönen Medaille und des…
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