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Book SynopsisAttributing Excellence in Medicine discusses the aura around the prestigious Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. It analyzes the social processes and contingent factors leading to recognition and reputation in science and medicine. This volume will help the reader to better understand the dynamics of the attribution of excellence throughout the 20th century. Contributors are Massimiano Bucchi, Fabio De Sio, Jacalyn Duffin, Heiner Fangerau, Thorsten Halling, Nils Hansson, David S. Jones, Gustav Källstrand, Ulrich Koppitz, Pauline Mattsson, Katarina Nordqvist, Scott H. Podolsky, Thomas Schlich, and Sven Widmalm.
Table of ContentsForeword Jeffrey Flier List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Introduction Nils Hansson, Thorsten Halling and Heiner Fangerau Part 1: The Award and Beyond 1 Commemorating Excellence: The Nobel Prize and the Secular Religion of Science Jacalyn Duffin 2 More Than a Prize: The Creation of the Nobel System Gustav Källstrand 3 Hitler’s Boycott: Cultural Politics and the Rhetoric of Neutrality Sven Widmalm Part 2: Laureates and Nominees 4 From Global Recognition to Global Health: Antimicrobials and the Nobel Prize, 1901–2015 Scott H. Podolsky 5 Discovery or Reputation? Jacques Loeb and the Role of Nomination Networks Heiner Fangerau, Thorsten Halling and Nils Hansson 6 Defining ‘Cutting-edge’ Excellence: Awarding Nobel Prizes (or not) to Surgeons Nils Hansson, David S. Jones and Thomas Schlich Part 3: Reverberation and Commercialization 7 John C. Eccles’ Conversion and the Meaning of ‘Authority’ Fabio De Sio, Nils Hansson and Ulrich Koppitz 8 The Laureate in the Spotlight: Renato Dulbecco and the Public Image of Science Massimiano Bucchi 9 Nobel Prize Awarded Discoveries and Commercialization: The Role of the Laureates Katarina Nordqvist and Pauline Mattsson Index
