2004
Richard Axel – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, honored guests, ladies and gentlemen. Émile Zola asked in an address to students, “Did science promise happiness? No, I don’t think so,” he replied. “It promised truth and the question is whether truth will ever make us happy.” Last month, science afforded me enormous happiness.…
moreNobelpriset i kemi 2004 – Populärvetenskaplig information
Popular information
Swedish Populärvetenskaplig information 6 oktober 2004 En mänsklig cell innehåller hundratusentals olika proteiner. Dessa har en rad olika och viktiga funktioner: som påskyndare av kemiska reaktioner i form av enzymer, som signalsubstanser i form av hormoner, som viktiga aktörer i immunförsvaret i form av antikroppar och genom att stå för form och struktur i cellen.…
moreTranscript from an interview with Avram Hershko
Interview
Transcript from an interview with Avram Hershko, 2004 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, at the 57th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany, July 2007. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org. Avram Hershko, it is a great pleasure to meet you. Avram Hershko: Same here.…
moreAvram Hershko – Interview
Interview
Interview transcript – Hello. – Hello Avram. Congratulations to the prize. My name is Joanna Rose and I call from the Nobelprize.org, which is the official website of The Nobel Foundation. – Yes. – My congratulations to the prize. – Thank you. –…
moreWangari Maathai – Nobel diploma
Nobel diploma
Wangari Maathai – Curriculum Vitae*
Curriculum Vitae
Wangari Muta Maathai, PhD, EBS Personal Date of birth: April 1, 1940 Nationality: Kenyan Family: Three children (Waweru, Wanjira and Muta) Education PhD, Anatomy, University of Nairobi (1971) MS, Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh (1966) BS, Biology, Mount St. Scholastica College, USA (1964) Personal Achievements Director, Kenya Red Cross (1973–1980) Founder and…
moreWangari Maathai – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture, Oslo, December 10, 2004 Your Majesties Your Royal Highnesses Honourable Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Excellencies Ladies and Gentlemen I stand before you and the world humbled by this recognition and uplifted by the honour of being the 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate. As the first African woman to receive…
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