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01.10.2003 | Book Review
B. Ljunggren, G.W. Bruyn: The Nobel Prize in medicine and the Karolinska Institute—The story of Axel Key and Alfred Nobel
Karger, Basel, 2002. With figures and tables. (ISBN 3-8055-7297-2)
verfasst von:
Peter Grunert
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Neurosurgical Review
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Excerpt
In this book, B. Ljunggren and G.W. Bruyn describe the rise to prominence of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. In the foreground stand the life and scientific activity of Professor Axel Key, who was instrumental in the growth and recognition of this institution. Key's personal contact with Alfred Nobel and the institute's important role at the turn of the century were decisive factors in Nobel's awarding it the responsibility of distributing the annual prizes in his name. …