Attributing Excellence in Medicine

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.

• ForewordJeffrey FlierList of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionNils Hansson, Thorsten Halling and Heiner FangerauPart 1: The Award and Beyond1 Commemorating Excellence: The Nobel Prize and the Secular Religion of ScienceJacalyn Duffin2 More Than a Prize: The Creation of the Nobel SystemGustav Källstrand3 Hitler’s Boycott: Cultural Politics and the Rhetoric of NeutralitySven WidmalmPart 2: Laureates and Nominees4 From Global Recognition to Global Health: Antimicrobials and the Nobel Prize, 1901–2015Scott H. Podolsky5 Discovery or Reputation? Jacques Loeb and the Role of Nomination NetworksHeiner Fangerau, Thorsten Halling and Nils Hansson6 Defining ‘Cutting-edge’ Excellence: Awarding Nobel Prizes (or not) to SurgeonsNils Hansson, David S. Jones and Thomas SchlichPart 3: Reverberation and Commercialization7 John C. Eccles’ Conversion and the Meaning of ‘Authority’Fabio De Sio, Nils Hansson and Ulrich Koppitz8 The Laureate in the Spotlight: Renato Dulbecco and the Public Image of ScienceMassimiano Bucchi9 Nobel Prize Awarded Discoveries and Commercialization: The Role of the LaureatesKatarina Nordqvist and Pauline MattssonIndex