1991
Erwin Neher – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Erwin Neher’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1991 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, This is a day of honour and distinction for Bert Sakmann and myself. We consider ourselves privileged, fortunate and endowed with luck. We had the privilege of good teachers. We were fortunate to concentrate our efforts on…
moreAung San Suu Kyi – Nobelforedrag
Nobel Lecture
Norwegian Nobelforedrag av Aung San Suu Kyi, Oslo, 16. juni 2012. Deres Majesteter, Deres Kongelige Høyheter, Eksellenser, ærede medlemmer av den norske Nobelkomiteen, kjære venner, For mange år siden, av og til virker det som…
moreAung San Suu Kyi – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture
English Nobel Lecture by Aung San Suu Kyi, Oslo, 16 June, 2012 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highness, Excellencies, Distinguished members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Dear Friends, Long years ago, sometimes it seems many lives…
moreSpeed read: Recording channels
Speed read
Many important tasks in living cells like muscle contraction and nerve impulse transmission are driven by electrical power, generated by positively and negatively charged atoms, or ions, flowing into and out of cells. It was assumed that this ion transport is regulated by tunnel-like channels nestled within the cell’s outer boundary, yet for decades it…
moreRonald H. Coase – Prize Lecture
Nobel Lecture
Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 9, 1991 The Institutional Structure of Production In my long life I have known some great economists but I have never counted myself among their number nor walked in their company. I have made no innovations in high theory. My contribution to economics has been to urge…
moreRonald H. Coase – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Ronald H. Coase’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1991 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have been deeply moved by the honour paid to me by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and by the recognition thus given to the study of the institutional structure of the economy. By drawing…
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