Attributing Excellence in Medicine: The History of the Nobel Prize investigates the history of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. It discusses the aura around this prestigious award and which social processes and contingent factors behind the scenes result in recognition and reputation in medicine. The anthology will help the reader to better understand the social dynamics of scientific recognition and reputation throughout the 20th century and provide new perspectives on excellence in science and medicine.



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.