1958

Banquet speech

Edward Tatum’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1958 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is my honor to speak for Professor Beadle and myself. It is fitting that we should speak as one, for in the investigations judged important by the Nobel Committee we worked as…

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Nobel Lecture

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1958 A Case History in Biological Research In casting around in search of a new approach, an important consideration was that much of biochemical genetics has been and will be covered by Professor Beadle and Professor Lederberg, and in many symposia and reviews, in which many aspects have been and will…

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Banquet speech

Joshua Lederberg’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1958 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. Pride is humbled as humility is exalted in the dignity and splendor of this occasion. Who would deny his pride in the appreciation of his fellows and to join therein with George W.…

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