Abstract:“Prizeworthy Research?” Wilhelm Roux and His Program of Developmental Mechanics. The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine is awarded annually to a maximum of three laureates. Not surprisingly, the number of nominees is much larger. Drawing on Nobel Prize nominations in the Nobel archives in Sweden, the core of this paper deals with the nomination letters for the physiologist Wilhelm Roux to discuss competition and some controversies among German physiologists around 1900 in this particular context. The paper … Show more
“…41 Yearbook 1917 (Nobel Archive). 42 Halling, Hansson, Fangerau 2018. hybridisation. Gaule also mentioned a previous nomination and stated that Loeb deserved the Prize now even more than four years before.…”
“…41 Yearbook 1917 (Nobel Archive). 42 Halling, Hansson, Fangerau 2018. hybridisation. Gaule also mentioned a previous nomination and stated that Loeb deserved the Prize now even more than four years before.…”
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