Nobelföredrag hållet i Stockholm den 19 maj 1927 [Nobel lecture held in Stockholm 19th May 1927]
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Stockholm, 1927. Imprimerie Royale. P. A. Norstedt & Fils. 8vo - pp. [1] - 16, illustr. (14 fig.) and 3 tables. Printed wrappers. Signature on front cover. Minor spots to covers and corners lightly bumped.
Les Prix Nobel en 1926. The Svedberg (1884-1971) received to his own surprise the Noble prize in chemistry in 1926. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences met in November 1926 to decide for the Nobel prize in physics and chemistry for 1925 and 1926. Svedberg had been suggested several times and so also this time, even though he was a member of the Nobel committee for chemistry since 1925. Since he wanted to participate in the committee work, and had no outlook to receive the prize, he wished the committee not to take up the proposal for consideration. The 1926 physics prize went to, contrary to the committee's proposal, to the colloid researcher Jean Perrin (1870-1942), launched by Carl Benedicks. For the 1925 chemistry prize the committee had proposed the colloid chemist Richard Zsigmondy (1865-1929) and the Academy voted for him. Then the opinions were divided regarding the chemistry prize for 1926. Proposals were raised by Carl Benedicks and Wilhelm palmaer to give the prize to Svedberg, against the chemistry committee's proposal. After discussions with committee chairman Olof Hammersten, Svedberg reasoned that if now the Academy wanted to do this, he had no reason to deny to be considered and left the meeting! So - three of the leading men in the field of colloid chemistry were honoured at the same time. Zsigmondy's groundbreaking investigations by the aid of the ultramicroscope - an invention made also by him - led Svedberg deep into to the colloid research and the development of the ultracentrifuge. Signature of Sven Odén (1887-1934), one of The Svedbergs many doctoral students. Sven Odén was his first student and he accompanied and continued Svedbergs research in the field of colloidal chemistry. Sven Odén worked on kolloidal sulfur and in April 1913 defended his PhD paper Der kolloide Schwefel - a classic paper. Claesson, Stig. & Pedersen, Kai, O. (1972) The Svedberg 1884-1971. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Volume 18, November 1972, pp. [596]-627. Frängsmyr, Carl [selection and introduction] (2012) The Svedberg, "Fragment" [autobiographical notes], in Nya professorer - installation 2012 [Uppsala University], pp. 5-94.
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