TWO NOBEL PRIZEWINNERS.

The article presents information on the two Nobel Prize winners Edward Appleton and Robert Robinson in the United States. Both men are from the North country from which they have drawn various characteristics. Appleton works in elucidating how wireless waves travel made long distance radio communication the precision method for up-to-the minute international contact and led to the development of radar. Appleton is head of the Government organization which is responsible for the applications of science to national needs. Appleton's work has been noticed mainly in the United States where the signal honor of the Medal of Merit was given him for his early work on radar and for his services. Robinson has always held academical appointments, being Professor in Sydney, Australia and several British Universities. Robinson discovered a simple synthesis for tropinone, a substance that can be obtained from and converted into the plant alkaloids atropine and cocaine.