Oxygen: A Two-Act Play About the Nobel Prize Nomination

Author: Roald Hoffmann
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: Golden Fleece Series. The Oxygen is a play co-created by the renowned chemist Giuseppe Giacosa and the Nobel Prize-winning chemist Hoffmann, which presents this issue in a highly unique way. The play assumes that the Nobel Foundation decides to establish a "Posthumous Nobel Prize" to honor the great discoveries made a century before the establishment of the Nobel Prize, and ultimately decides to award the discovery of oxygen. However, the process of selecting the laureate is far from easy. The core of the play revolves around the ethical issues of priority and discovery. What is a discovery? Why is being a discoverer so important? These questions that trouble the protagonists of the play are also present in all human discoveries and creative activities. Through this play, readers will undoubtedly gain a deeper understanding.