by SIR HANS KREBS , F.R.S.
Nearly every year since 1901 the Nobel Foundation has awarded the supreme accolade in science and medicine to a small number of selected scientists. How does a scientist reach this peak of eminence? Sir Hans. himself a prize-winner in 1953, analyses the careers of some of the fortunate scientists in an attempt to answer a question he is often asked: ' how does one become a Nobel Laureate? '
The talk Is based on an address given at the opening of a new Biochemistry Department in the University of Newcastle
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