Chemistry
Nobelpriset i kemi 2003 – Populärvetenskaplig information
Popular information
Swedish 8 oktober 2003 Allt levande består av celler. En enda människa har lika många celler som stjärnorna i en galax, ungefär 100 miljarder. De olika cellerna, t.ex. muskelceller, njurceller och nervceller, samverkar i ett intrikat system i var och en av oss. Årets Nobelpristagare i kemi, Peter Agre och Roderick MacKinnon, har bidragit till…
moreRobert F. Curl Jr. – Biographical
Biographical
I was born in Alice, Texas on August 23, 1933. My father was a Methodist minister, and my mother was what we then called a housewife. I have a sister, Mary, who is some years my elder. In those days, Methodist ministers moved often, and as a child I lived in a succession of mostly…
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Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Professor Arne Fredga of the Translation from the Swedish text Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, The laureates in chemistry of this year have both studied reaction mechanisms, especially from a stereochemical, i.e. a geometrical point of view. In a chemical experiment some compounds are mixed, then something happens, and…
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