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Attributing 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.

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Author:   Nils Hansson ,  Thorsten Halling ,  Heiner Fangerau
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   98
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9789004393974

ISBN 10:   9004393978
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   27 June 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Foreword  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

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Nils Hansson (PhD) is associate professor at the Department of History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf. His main research interests include the enactment of excellence in science and the history of medicine in the Baltic Sea region. Thorsten Halling (MA) is researcher at the Department of 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 (Prof. Dr. med.) is Head of the Department of History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf. He does research in History of Science and Medicine and Medical Ethics.

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