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Norman Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution to increasing food supply worldwide through the Green Revolution. Norman Borlaug Full name: Norman Ernest BorlaugBorn: 25 March 1914, Cresco, IA, USADied: 12 September 2009, Dallas, TX, USADate awarded: 20 October 1970 Father of the Green Revolution In the 1940s and 50s, agricultural scientist…

Watch a video clip of Norman Borlaug receiving his Nobel Peace Prize medal and diploma during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony at the Oslo City Hall in Norway, 10 December 1970.

Cmmunicating information between nerve cells occurs at breathtaking speed. To allow an electrical impulse to pass from one cell to another, chemical neurotransmitters are released at the nerve end, cross the narrow gap, or synapse, that separates the cells, pass on the message to the next cell – be it a nerve cell, muscle cell…

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1970 Plasma Physics, Space Research and the Origin of the Solar System Pdf 53 kB

Louis Néel’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1970 (in French) Sire, Altesses Royales, Mesdames, Messieurs, Je suis heureux d’avoir ici l’occasion de remercier l’Académie Royale des Sciences de Suède pour la distinction qui ma été accordée et qui, par mon intermédiaire, honore la Physique française et en particulier l’Ecole française de…

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1970 Magnetism and the Local Molecular Field Pdf 8.09 MB

Hannes Alfvén’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1970 Ers Majestät, Era Kungliga Högheter, Mina Damer och Herrar, I raden av tacktalare skall jag utnyttja den färdighet, som i hela vår grupp endast Ulf von Euler och jag besitter, den att kunna tala svenska. Jag vill på svenska uttala ett varmt tack…

Julius Axelrod’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1970 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am overjoyed in receiving this great honor. It is a special privilege for me to share this distinction with Professor Ulf von Euler and Sir Bernard Katz. This award comes at a…

Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1970 On the Quantal Mechanism of Neural Transmitter Release Pdf 59 kB