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October has a special significance to the modern scientist, because in this month the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm announces the year’s winners of the Nobel Prizes in three scientific disciplines (as well as in other fields)—medicine and biology, chemistry, and physics. Those scientists who believe that they have made breakthrough discoveries in one of these disciplines await the announcements with hope and trepidation, all others with curiosity. For although there are other awards that recognize the significance of scientific discoveries, none of them carry the prestige that a Nobel Prize does. The accolade is accompanied by great media interest, which then usually lasts until the actual awards ceremony in December.
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Klein, J., Klein, N. (2013). Prelude: Heredity, Sex, and Species: The Greek View. In: Solitude of a Humble Genius - Gregor Johann Mendel: Volume 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35254-6_1
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