Chemistry
The Nobel Prize medals in physics and chemistry
Facts
The medal of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences represents Nature in the form of a goddess resembling Isis, emerging from the clouds and holding in her arms a cornucopia. The veil which covers her cold and austere face is held up by the Genius of Science. The inscription on the medal reads: Inventas vitam…
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Martin Karplus – Biographical
Biographical
Early Years in Europe I was born in Vienna, Austria in 1930 [1]. Already before the Nazis entered Austria in 1938, our life had changed significantly, even from the viewpoint of an eight year old. Among our neighbors were two boys of ages comparable to my brother, Robert, and me. They were our “best friends,”…
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Roger Y. Tsien – Biographical
Biographical
Q: What do elementary school pupils and Nobel Laureates have in common? A: They both have to write autobiographical essays on command. Ancestors and family My father, Hsue Chu Tsien (1915–1997), came from the “scholar-gentry” class in Hangzhou, China, where “Tsien” (now more commonly transliterated as Qian) is quite a common surname. Apparently in 907…
moreAziz Sancar – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Mechanisms of DNA Repair by Photolyase and Excision Nuclease Aziz Sancar delivered his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 2015, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University, where he was introduced by Professor Sara Snogerup Linse, Chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry. For Turkish subtitles: Switch to Turkish subtitles in the video’s settings. Pdf 4.6 MBCopyright ©…
morePaul Modrich – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture