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I was born on 7 September 1917 at Sydney in Australia. My father was English-born and a graduate of Oxford; my mother, born Hilda Eipper, was descended from a German minister of religion who settled in New South Wales in 1832. I was the second of four children. Part of my childhood was spent in…

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Artist: Ingela Berntsson Calligrapher: Annika Rücker Book binder: Ingemar Dackéus Photo reproduction: Lovisa Engblom

Artist: Ingela Berntsson Calligrapher: Annika Rücker Book binder: Ingemar Dackéus Photo reproduction: Lovisa Engblom

Swedish Presentationstal av professor Claes Gustafsson, ledamot av , ledamot av Nobelkommittén för kemi, 10 december 2015. Eders Majestäter. Eders Kungliga Högheter. Ärade Pristagare. Mina Damer och Herrar. Den befruktade äggcellen innehåller all den information som krävs för att skapa en människa och denna information lagras i vårt genetiska material, vårt DNA. Upptäckten av DNA tillskrivs…

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  Presentation Speech by Professor A. Westgren, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry of , on December 10, 1945 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. When chemical compounds form or decompose, interaction takes place between the outer parts of the electron shells. In view of the fact that, up to recent times,…