Attributing Excellence in Medicine [print & E-Book]: The History of the Nobel Prize

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-40684-1
Verlag: BRILL/RODOPI

Buch, Englisch, Band 98, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Clio Medica

Attributing Excellence in Medicine: The History of the Nobel Prize investigates the history of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. It discusses the aura around this prestigious award and which social processes and contingent factors behind the scenes result in recognition and reputation in medicine. The anthology will help the reader to better understand the social dynamics of scientific recognition and reputation throughout the 20th century and provide new perspectives on excellence in science and medicine.

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hansson, Nils

Halling, Thorsten

Fangerau, Heiner

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Preise & Auszeichnungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Jeffrey Flier

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

Attributing Excellence in Medicine: The History of the Nobel Prize

Nils Hansson, Thorsten Halling and Heiner Fangerau


THE AWARD AND BEYOND

Commemorating Excellence: the Nobel Prize and the Secular Religion of Science

Jacalyn Duffin

More Than a Prize: The Creation of the Nobel System

Gustav Källstrand

Hitler’s Boycott: Cultural Politics and the Rhetoric of Neutrality

Sven Widmalm

LAUREATES AND NOMINEES

From Global Recognition to Global Health: Antimicrobials and the Nobel Prize, 1901–2015

Scott H. Podolsky

Discovery or Reputation? Jacques Loeb and the Role of Nomination Networks

Heiner Fangerau, Thorsten Halling, Nils Hansson

Defining ‘cutting-edge’ Excellence: Awarding Nobel Prizes (or Not) to Surgeons

Nils Hansson, David S. Jones and Thomas Schlich

REVERBERATION AND COMMERCIALIZATION

John C. Eccles’ Conversion and the Meanings of ‘Authority’

Fabio De Sio, Nils Hansson and Ulrich Koppitz

The Public Image of Nobel Laureates: The Case of Renato Dulbecco as TV conductor

Massimiano Bucchi

Nobel Prize Awarded Discoveries and Commercialization: The Role of the Laureates

Katarina Nordqvist and Pauline Mattsson

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Nils Hansson (PhD) is lecturer at the Department of the History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf. His main research interests include the enactment of excellence in science and circulation of knowledge in medicine in the Baltic Sea region.

Thorsten Halling (M.A.) is researcher at the Department of the History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf. He is interested in medicine during the Nazi era and networks in medicine.

Heiner Fangerau (MD) is professor at the Department of the History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf. He does research in History of Science and Medicine and Medical Ethics.