• Commemoration of the Centenary of the Sciences Section, 1911–2011

  Francesc Gonzàlez i Sastre, David Serrat

  97-100

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The Nobel Prizes of 2009

• Telomeres, the beginning(s) of the end. On the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider, and Jack W. Szostak

  Laura Tusell

  101-107

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• Transmission of light by fibers for optical communication. On the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Charles Kuen Kao, Willard S. Boyle, and George E. Smith (I)

  Santiago Vallmitjana

  109-115

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• The CCD sensor: A semiconductor circuit for capturing images. On the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Charles Kuen Kao, Willard S. Boyle, and George E. Smith (II)

  Atilà Herms

  117-124

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• The race to resolve the atomic structures of the ribosome. On the Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz, and Ada E. Yonath

  Bárbara M. Calisto, Ignacio Fita

  125-130

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• Writing with the eyes. On the Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Herta Müller

  Marisa Siguan

  131-139

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• Companies, markets, and management of common property. On the Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson

  F. Xavier Mena

  141-147

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The Nobel Prizes of 2010

• Changing the perception of our own nature. On the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Robert G. Edwards

  Josep Santaló

  149-154

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• The role of autobiography, biography, and history in the works of Mario Vargas Llosa. On the Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Mario Vargas Llosa

  Joaquim Marco

  155-161

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• Unemployment and other challenges. On the Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides

  Joan Tugores Ques

  163-170

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Focus

• Piedmont and Catalonia: the unification of Italy and Spain. Some comparative remarks

  Salvador Giner

  171-173

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Forum

• The history of Scientia Marina

  Jordi Lleonart, M. Pilar Olivar

  175-183

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• Science and technology in the 20th century as seen through the journal Ibérica (1914–2003)

  Pascual Bolufer

  185-190

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• Science on the Balearic Islands. A collection on the past that looks toward the future

  Joan March Noguera

  191-194

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History corner

• The Foundation of the Sciences Section of the Institute for Catalan Studies (1911) and its early years

  Antoni Roca-Rosell, Josep M. Camarasa

  195-203

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Biography and Bibliography

• Professor IGNASI PONSETI I VIVES (1914–2009)

  Frances Luttikhuizen

  205-214

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