Article ID: CBB759379934

„Prisvärdig“ Forschung? Wilhelm Roux und sein Programm der Entwicklungsmechanik (2018)

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“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 (1) elucidates the arguments brought forward to portray Roux as a scientist who had conferred “the greatest benefit to mankind” in the field of physiology or medicine (as stipulated in Alfred Nobel's will); (2) examines some other runners-up, and (3) reconstructs why Roux as well as some of his peers were not awarded the Nobel Prize. On a more general level, we argue that an analysis of Nobel Prize nominations contributes to a broader history of excellence in science and medicine in the twentieth century.

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Authors & Contributors
Mainz, Vera V.
Strom, E. Thomas
Björk, Ragnar
Hüntelmann, Axel C
Hansson, Nils
Söderqvist, Thomas
Concepts
Nobel Prizes
Prizes; awards
Medicine
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Physiology
Professional qualifications; status; remuneration
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, early
19th century
Early modern
18th century
Places
Spain
Europe
Sweden
Japan
Italy
Germany
Institutions
Karolinska Institutet (Sweden)
Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
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