채드윅의 노벨상 강연의 장르 비평

Abstract

This thesis analyzes Chadwick's Nobel Lecture with the genre of Nobel lectures in science. The genre is a psychological entity that is considered to have situational, substantive, and formal characteristics that raise the expectations of the audience in artifacts that are considered to be repeated. It extracts the substantive and formal characteristics that many Nobel lectures in science have in common and analyzes whether Chadwick's Nobel Lecture match those of other Nobel lectures in science. A Nobel lecture in science talks about her/his award-winning work and mentions recently established principles and methods of science. The Nobel lectures in science acknowledge collaborative activities based on the cooperation and recognition of colleagues, reveal the credibility of science, and show that science is an activity that contributes to the progress of mankind. The lectures have a dry style, refrain from using fancy modifiers or metaphors, and try to avoid overly specialized terms or formulas. In his Nobel Lecture, Chadwick mentions the discovery of the neutron, which is the work he won the award for, and refers to advances in the development of particle physics. The lecturer mentions that he established and verified the hypothesis of neutrons based on his colleagues' work, such as Rutherford's theoretical predictions and Joliot-Curies' experimental work on beryllium radiation, and expresses his belief in the scientific method of evaluating and interpreting experimental results based on quantum mechanics. He also expresses optimism about the progress of nuclear physics that neutrons can bring about. The lecturer has a dry style with historical facts and theoretical discussions, and uses simple formulas that the public can understand. We can say that the genre of the Nobel lecture in science exists and that Chadwick's Nobel Lecture falls in the genre.