About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 138. Not illustrated. Chapters: Rolf Nevanlinna, Jarkko Oikarinen, Ragnar Granit, Leena Peltonen-Palotie, Jakob Sederholm, Ilkka Hanski, Liisi Oterma, Reino Antero Hirvonen, Hilma Granqvist, Teuvo Kohonen, Vilho Vaisala, Ora Lassila, Oscar Frithiof Nordquist, Ossian Schauman, Gunnar Nordstrom, Bjorn Kurten, Esko Valtaoja, Ernst Leonard Lindelof, Erik Palmen, Jorma Rissanen, Magnus Von Wright, Ilmari Susiluoto, Mauri Valtonen, Ilkka Niiniluoto, Nils Mustelin, Carl Reinhold Sahlberg, Arto Oksanen, Tuula Teeri, Petter Adolf Karsten, Dick Forsman, Heikki A. Alikoski, Fredrik Johan Wiik, Virpi Niemela, Ralph-Johan Back, Mikael Fortelius, Gustaf Komppa, Hugo Gylden, Jons Budde, Timo Sirainen, Sampo Karjalainen, Kari Enqvist, Alexander Von Nordmann, William Nylander, Anders Donner, Karl F. Sundman, Karl Bomansson, Hilkka Rantaseppa-Helenius, Hanna Kokko, Raimo Hamalainen, Hjalmar Mellin, Herman Sporing Sr., Veikko Aleksanteri Heiskanen, Seppo Mikkola, Pentti Eskola, Antti Lange, Felix Iversen, Henrik Johan Walbeck, Matti Jutila, T. J. Kukkamaki, Lasse J. Laine. Excerpt: Ragnar Arthur Granit (October 30, 1900, Vantaa, Finland March 12, 1991, Stockholm, Sweden) was a Finnish/Swedish scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1967 along with Haldan Keffer Hartline and George Wald. Granit graduated in 1927 from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Helsinki, Finland. When Finland became the target of a massive Soviet attack in 1940 during the Winter War (1939 - 1940), Granit sought refuge - and peaceful surroundings for his studies and research work - in the neighbouring capital of Sweden, Stockholm, at the age of 40. In the same year, 1940, Granit also received Swedish citizenship, which made it possible for him to go on with his work and live without having to worry about the war, which lasted until 1945 in Finl...
