Nobel Prize 2009: Kao, Boyle & Smith

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009.

memory Theodor Kocher ( 1841 - 1917 ) Nobel Prize Centenary 2009

One hundred years ago, in 1909, Theodor Kocher was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for his work on the physiology, pathology, and surgery of the thyroid gland. In the late 19th century, the resection of the thyroid was feared because of its high mortality rate. Kocher’s innovative techniques resulted in safe outcomes. His observations that radical resection of the thyroid res...

Theodor kocher (1841-1917) Nobel prize centenary 2009.

One hundred years ago, in 1909, Theodor Kocher was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for his work on the physiology, pathology, and surgery of the thyroid gland. In the late 19th century, the resection of the thyroid was feared because of its high mortality rate. Kocher's innovative techniques resulted in safe outcomes. His observations that radical resection of the thyroid res...

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The Nobel Prize delay

The 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Higgs and Englert for their prediction of the existence of the Higgs boson. Though the Higgs particle was experimentally discovered at CERN in 2012, the original theoretical works date back to the 1960s. Thus, it took about half a century of intense work to confirm their prediction. Long time lags between discovery and recognition are not unusual. ...