2007

Banquet speech

The famous physicist begins his autobiography with the sentence: “Science is made by men.” Since in my own case you honour not a singular discovery, but the lifelong attempt to understand how chemical reactions at solid surfaces take place, this work involved in fact many people. When I was young, I was…

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Bibliography

Works in English The Grass is Singing. – London : M. Joseph, 1950 ; New York : Crowell, 1950 This was the Old Chief’s Country. – London : M. Joseph, 1951 ; New York : Crowell, 1952 Martha Quest. – London : M. Joseph, 1952. – (Children of Violence; 1) Five : Short Novels. –…

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Biographical

My fraternal twin, Roger, and I were born prematurely on June 23rd, 1925, in Halifax, England, an industrial town in the West Riding of Yorkshire, although we lived outside Halifax at 2, Woodhall Crescent on Wakefield Road, a row house rented from the town. My father, William Smithies, was at that time working for his…

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