00:00:01 The performance is a special part of the evening, and something that fits wonderfully into our Nobel theme.

00:00:15 We've been celebrating 100 years of Nobel Prize, but some people think 100 years is far from the full.

00:00:25 And I'd like to ask Roald Hoffmann to come and tell us about the play and the excerpts you will see.

00:00:42 Ladies and gentlemen, in the spirit of Bon Appetit, may I ask you to turn off your cell phones?

00:00:49 Carl Djerassi, who is known to many of you and who was the latest opera medallist, and I have written a play called Oxygen.

00:01:10 It is about the discovery of oxygen, to be sure, but also, as you will see in part, it is about the nature of discovery.

00:01:26 Does it matter that you tell people what you've discovered? Does it matter that you understand what you've discovered?

00:01:40 Does it matter that Columbus loved Bruce Bailyn or the Indies?

00:01:50 The play is not only about discovery, but it is also about priority, competition, and about ethics.

00:02:00 And also about the role of women in science in the 18th century and now.

00:02:09 The play features scenes that are alternating between 2001 and 1777, three years after the discovery of oxygen.

00:02:23 You will see a part of the play, about one quarter or so, and what you will see are only the 1777 scenes.

00:02:36 But let me tell you what happens in 2001.

00:02:43 In 2001, on the 100th anniversary of the award of the Nobel Prize, the Nobel Foundation, having invested its money twice,

00:02:56 thanks to my friend Steve Rommel and his successor Michael Zoll, decides to fund a new Nobel Prize.

00:03:08 It is to go for discoveries made prior to the award of the current Nobel Prizes, which began in 1901.

00:03:21 The prize, the new prize, the foundation says in its press release, is meant to celebrate science as it once was,

00:03:34 when it was done for knowledge's sake only, unhampered by scrounging for fame, pure, unsullied by unseemly competition.

00:03:48 Committees are formed.

00:03:51 In chemistry, the Nobel committee is chaired by a woman, Astrid Roosvelis, who just happens to be a theoretical chemist.

00:04:01 Under the committee are three male Swedish chemists, and also a mysterious young woman, Lola Zorn,

00:04:12 who is labeled an amanuensis, but who turns out to be much more.

00:04:19 The committee, bestowed in 2001, agrees on one thing, and that is that the first retro-Nobel, as this prize is immediately dubbed,

00:04:31 that the first retro-Nobel be given for the discovery of oxygen, which lies indeed at the heart of the chemical revolution.

00:04:42 And that's about all they agree on, because the moment they begin to think about who to give the prize to,

00:04:51 one of them, in a fit of nationalism, suggests Carl Wilhelm Scheler, the apothecary who discovers oxygen.

00:04:59 A second chimes in, well, what about Joseph Priestley?

00:05:04 And a third says, how could you leave out that popular and well-reciented, who really understood all this?

00:05:11 And they're off, arguing not only about the past, but as they talk out, they play out their reverence and animosities,

00:05:21 which were suppressed for a while in 2001, but Sweden is a small country, and things come out of it eventually,

00:05:30 and things go on between the members of this committee.

00:05:35 They must, however, in the end, decide on a retro-Nobel prize.

00:05:42 Who will they pick?

00:05:45 They don't decide.

00:05:48 But meanwhile, while they are deciding, meanwhile, back in 1777...

00:06:45 What cool summers they had in Sweden.

00:06:50 Their king, Gustavus the Third, had summoned us here to Stockholm.

00:06:56 And the king is afraid of France, so they say.

00:07:00 So we came.

00:07:02 Now, allow me to introduce myself.

00:07:05 I am Antoine-Laurent Le Royer, at your service.

00:07:09 I am the head of the Citizens' Law, a member of the Sperm Division of Ireland, in the wake of sedition in France.

00:07:18 I supervise the manufacture of gunpowder in France.

00:07:22 And I am also a natural philosopher.

00:07:26 And I have a desire to learn.

00:07:31 Dr. Joseph Priestley of England has also been summoned here.

00:07:37 A priest.

00:07:40 Or as they say in his letter, of a descended church.

00:07:47 He is older than I am.

00:07:50 Well done, Dr. Le Royer, for your thorough experiment.

00:07:54 Dr. Le Royer, my alternate flame, I should add.

00:07:58 Mr. Le Royer, his problem, very big.

00:08:03 And his wife, Mary, she is a problem.

00:08:10 One of us have no need to drive a car.

00:08:13 He is a propetary sheep.

00:08:16 He has the best hand in sleep.

00:08:20 We're speaking, as there is a woman, a fool of all.

00:08:26 She is the widow of a man who swamps in the sewers of France.

00:08:32 She is his housekeeper, they say.

00:08:37 Who may be a fool of us.

00:08:41 My wife, Marie, can correct what some of us are doing.

00:08:46 And you cannot correct her, sir.

00:08:49 In fact, at this very moment, she is partaking with the women of the bedrock of the sauna.

00:09:08 Oh, I could not breathe.

00:09:12 The heat.

00:09:13 Oh, I've never been beaten before.

00:09:16 Not like that.

00:09:19 Now, in Eden, those who choose to chastise me.

00:09:23 Oh, just drink a bunch of soap. Much better for beating me.

00:09:27 I beg your pardon?

00:09:29 The immorality of the sauna.

00:09:31 This is why it's big.

00:09:33 Oh, just a minute.

00:09:35 Now, it's all men in here.

00:09:38 You are young.

00:09:39 You are 19.

00:09:41 I am a father.

00:09:43 You are so much alive.

00:09:45 How could you be alive?

00:09:47 As if you are reason and thought.

00:09:50 And you are?

00:09:52 Oh, I presume you have rejoined recently?

00:09:55 Yes, I have.

00:09:57 I have.

00:09:59 I was actually in the place where you went to school, sir.

00:10:04 Here is why.

00:10:06 Are you a man?

00:10:07 Shh, be loud.

00:10:09 Stink of soup, sugar, bread, butter, arse.

00:10:13 I'm going to wear...

00:10:15 Velvet?

00:10:17 I have never priest as much a father's horse thinks.

00:10:21 Pizza...

00:10:23 Pizza should not comment much.

00:10:27 I marry this rice.

00:10:29 What?

00:10:31 This is only a demo.

00:10:33 I have disadvantage.

00:10:34 I have disadvantage for being a monsieur.

00:10:37 When I am in the meeting,

00:10:39 I make a proposal,

00:10:41 I ask them not to correct their language.

00:10:44 There was Latin, Hungarian, French and English,

00:10:47 or in the Bible,

00:10:48 Jesus Christ,

00:10:49 who translated all of the Bible to English.

00:10:52 His true values are his decisions

00:10:56 relating to matter and spirit.

00:10:58 His gruesome lectures

00:11:00 are borrowed from Hebrews' history.

00:11:03 In fact, every lesson, of course,

00:11:05 which my husband doesn't have to believe in,

00:11:07 is written on a notice board.

00:11:10 Oh, the principles of fire,

00:11:12 an explanation for all chemistry,

00:11:14 is the explanation.

00:11:16 What do you mean?

00:11:17 We are not to be confused.

00:11:19 We?

00:11:20 My husband is not to be confused.

00:11:22 Therefore, I am not to be confused.

00:11:24 And she is confused.

00:11:26 He said that before.

00:11:28 What for?

00:11:29 On the chemistry of air and fire.

00:11:32 My husband has not mentioned it.

00:11:34 It is perhaps perhaps for your own good.

00:11:37 It is just that I have been late for work.

00:11:39 A personal issue.

00:11:41 Not mine.

00:11:42 Oh, I thought Paul was your father's name.

00:11:45 Yes, Paul was my father's name

00:11:47 and my father's name at the time.

00:11:49 Yes.

00:11:51 And Mr. Hugh, perhaps he is a relative?

00:11:55 Yes, she is.

00:11:57 All the problems that I have done,

00:11:59 I have done on my own.

00:12:01 He would not assist me.

00:12:03 Not in love.

00:12:05 Karl Wilhelm,

00:12:07 I am not the father of the machine.

00:12:09 Related to his work,

00:12:11 I left it to my father,

00:12:13 two years ago.

00:12:14 When was he so excited?

00:12:16 Some years earlier, I am sure.

00:12:18 But who is he now?

00:12:19 Ah, it is important not to anyone,

00:12:21 certainly to his greatest supporter,

00:12:25 and no one else.

00:12:27 But not Paul.

00:12:29 Your husband?

00:12:31 Yes.

00:12:32 Did he or she,

00:12:33 in the last three years,

00:12:34 go about the letter?

00:12:35 And did the parents describe

00:12:37 the experiment of our hair

00:12:39 by your correspondence with them?

00:12:42 I must confess,

00:12:43 he wondered why it was in there.

00:12:45 I have done it many times before.

00:12:47 Ladies, ladies,

00:12:48 perhaps we should have done it before.

00:12:51 You are right.

00:12:53 We have said enough.

00:13:10 Beware.

00:13:11 Of what?

00:13:12 A shadow monster.

00:13:13 An experiment?

00:13:14 A book.

00:13:15 For a priestess?

00:13:16 No, no, no.

00:13:17 Shield.

00:13:18 Shield?

00:13:19 Indeed.

00:13:20 He is a quick dentist.

00:13:21 And careful.

00:13:22 And?

00:13:23 I trust you.

00:13:24 I trust her.

00:13:25 And?

00:13:26 She is not.

00:13:27 Even she is your husband.

00:13:29 I doubt it.

00:13:30 Why?

00:13:31 She keeps it for fun.

00:13:33 Ah,

00:13:34 such a monster.

00:13:37 And?

00:13:38 She is just like your husband.

00:13:40 So trust him.

00:13:43 Take heed.

00:13:44 Of what?

00:13:45 An experiment.

00:13:46 I take heed.

00:13:47 It may help a lot.

00:13:48 By whom?

00:13:49 Shield.

00:13:50 What do we ask?

00:13:51 Something from the past.

00:13:53 It means something new.

00:13:55 We question.

00:13:56 I trust him.

00:14:05 How gracious of you,

00:14:06 perhaps a viable cure

00:14:07 for what we have never experienced.

00:14:10 The invitation came from His Majesty.

00:14:13 But?

00:14:14 That is it.

00:14:15 His Majesty's curiosity

00:14:17 on matters scientific

00:14:18 is known to us all.

00:14:20 Indeed it is.

00:14:21 But does it encompass

00:14:23 demographic chemistry?

00:14:25 Perhaps.

00:14:26 And includes a desire

00:14:27 for each of us

00:14:28 to well play a part.

00:14:30 As the invitation states,

00:14:31 each of us fails

00:14:33 to fire a hand.

00:14:35 Perhaps it does.

00:14:37 One does not prefer

00:14:38 to be a king,

00:14:39 but thus.

00:14:40 Thus,

00:14:41 my dear.

00:14:42 Who is behind this?

00:14:43 Who has the key to you?

00:14:45 Oh, well.

00:14:46 We find the palace

00:14:48 in our homes.

00:14:49 It is like a secret kitchen.

00:14:51 Your strongest hidden.

00:14:53 Surely not.

00:14:54 Yes.

00:14:55 We all have our patrons,

00:14:56 and if they are true to God,

00:14:57 the whole life

00:14:58 will continue to follow us.

00:15:00 Now,

00:15:01 you should question that.

00:15:02 Bertrand's genius

00:15:03 led us like all

00:15:04 paragonaticists

00:15:05 to inorganic evogenics.

00:15:07 Only one who has

00:15:08 many strokes of genius,

00:15:09 Professor Bertrand,

00:15:11 did not concern himself

00:15:12 with air.

00:15:14 Why, then,

00:15:15 has he occasioned

00:15:16 to raise

00:15:17 his heinous flag

00:15:18 above all others?

00:15:20 Because he desires to know

00:15:22 who not breaks

00:15:23 the first

00:15:24 of our mastery.

00:15:25 Well, you do not.

00:15:27 I only do.

00:15:28 First.

00:15:29 What?

00:15:30 Monsieur?

00:15:31 First.

00:15:32 Do you?

00:15:33 Always.

00:15:34 Not recently.

00:15:36 Ah, monsieur,

00:15:37 you arrive just in time.

00:15:39 There are a few

00:15:40 occasional things

00:15:41 that you may recall.

00:15:42 It depends on each of us

00:15:44 an actual experiment.

00:15:46 Indeed it does.

00:15:47 Which of his magnificent gestures

00:15:49 shall be executed

00:15:50 by another?

00:15:51 But why?

00:15:52 To confirm

00:15:53 each person's claim.

00:15:55 Claim?

00:15:56 Can what is fact

00:15:58 be blamed?

00:15:59 Once to introduce

00:16:00 by another

00:16:01 claims

00:16:02 become facts.

00:16:03 So be it.

00:16:04 But does the king,

00:16:05 or you,

00:16:06 doubt my experiments?

00:16:08 No, my dear doctor,

00:16:10 but the world

00:16:11 demands proof.

00:16:12 Proof it shall have.

00:16:14 Until tomorrow

00:16:15 or the morn.

00:16:16 Madame de Mortier

00:16:18 and I,

00:16:19 desiring to divert you

00:16:20 and your ladies

00:16:21 and, of course,

00:16:22 your majesty,

00:16:23 have devised

00:16:24 an entertainment

00:16:25 for your

00:16:26 entertainment

00:16:27 and pleasure.

00:16:29 Indeed,

00:16:30 we have written

00:16:31 and performed

00:16:32 for Christ.

00:16:33 Would you permit us

00:16:34 to present this evening

00:16:36 a mosque

00:16:37 on Protistan

00:16:39 and its enemies?

00:16:41 Ah,

00:16:42 what strange ways

00:16:43 of presenting

00:16:44 and scientific arguments

00:16:45 you have, your majesty.

00:16:46 For his majesty,

00:16:47 King Thomas III

00:16:48 loves the mosque.

00:16:50 Perhaps

00:16:51 too much,

00:16:52 shall we say.

00:17:15 Your majesty,

00:17:16 Doctor Richard

00:17:17 Christie,

00:17:18 will come

00:17:19 to present

00:17:20 this evening

00:17:21 a mosque

00:17:22 on Protistan

00:17:23 and its enemies.

00:17:24 Ah,

00:17:25 I see.

00:17:26 I see.

00:17:27 I see.

00:17:28 I see.

00:17:29 I see.

00:17:30 I see.

00:17:31 I see.

00:17:32 I see.

00:17:33 I see.

00:17:34 I see.

00:17:35 I see.

00:17:36 I see.

00:17:37 I see.

00:17:38 I see.

00:17:39 I see.

00:17:40 I see.

00:17:41 I see.

00:17:42 I see.

00:17:43 Now,

00:17:47 is this your magnificent court

00:17:51 gentlemen of our King?

00:17:54 We bring you

00:17:55 a small entertainment,

00:17:57 a mosque of

00:17:59 The victory of

00:18:01 Ferrari

00:18:03 over

00:18:04 Protistan.

00:18:06 Ah!

00:18:07 And the micro-creature

00:18:08 after cave tree,

00:18:09 the abdomen that

00:18:10 sets the eye free,

00:18:12 the great philosophers

00:18:13 were unaware of

00:18:14 how I act

00:18:15 on water,

00:18:16 earth,

00:18:17 and air.

00:18:18 Without me,

00:18:19 the Lord Jesus,

00:18:21 the world would be white,

00:18:22 unmoving,

00:18:23 rudimentary.

00:18:25 It is in my gift

00:18:26 the elements survive,

00:18:28 transforming them

00:18:29 through every

00:18:30 sacred eye,

00:18:31 the vital

00:18:32 fundamental

00:18:33 preciousness,

00:18:34 and thou,

00:18:35 by me,

00:18:36 can offer

00:18:37 us

00:18:38 their birth.

00:18:39 Oh, monsieur,

00:18:41 you are most literate

00:18:43 and sure of what

00:18:44 the world is made of.

00:18:46 Tell me more.

00:18:47 You say

00:18:48 there's

00:18:49 ten of them

00:18:50 instead of ten of them.

00:18:51 Let us show you

00:18:52 how these

00:18:53 elements

00:18:54 remain.

00:18:55 They shall

00:18:56 die for a moment.

00:18:57 First,

00:18:58 take fire.

00:18:59 Everything that

00:19:00 burns releases

00:19:01 me to the air.

00:19:03 Take charcoal.

00:19:04 Then,

00:19:05 they're full

00:19:06 of charcoal.

00:19:07 And when

00:19:08 their blazing ceases,

00:19:09 I

00:19:10 am

00:19:11 gone

00:19:12 to earth.

00:19:13 Do you want

00:19:14 a baby?

00:19:15 No.

00:19:16 This

00:19:17 attempt

00:19:18 can only

00:19:19 hold

00:19:20 just so much

00:19:21 of me.

00:19:22 But there are

00:19:23 other things

00:19:24 I also

00:19:25 cannot

00:19:26 leave.

00:19:27 When

00:19:28 you're

00:19:29 no more

00:19:30 lost,

00:19:31 oh,

00:19:32 I

00:19:33 will die

00:19:34 like the

00:19:35 air

00:19:36 I was.

00:19:37 Tell me

00:19:38 more.

00:19:39 And

00:19:40 from the

00:19:41 cold

00:19:42 it

00:19:43 warms.

00:19:44 Just

00:19:45 so

00:19:46 much

00:19:47 of me

00:19:48 now.

00:19:49 Of

00:19:50 course,

00:19:51 there

00:19:52 is

00:19:53 very

00:19:54 much

00:19:55 that.

00:19:56 So

00:19:57 till you

00:19:58 go

00:19:59 to sleep

00:20:00 behind

00:20:01 me,

00:20:02 there

00:20:03 are

00:20:04 no

00:20:05 air

00:20:06 in the

00:20:07 earth.

00:20:08 And

00:20:09 as

00:20:10 you

00:20:11 go

00:20:12 to sleep

00:20:13 behind

00:20:14 me,

00:20:15 there

00:20:16 are

00:20:17 no

00:20:18 air

00:20:19 in the

00:20:20 earth.

00:20:21 And

00:20:22 I

00:20:23 will

00:20:24 die

00:20:25 like

00:20:26 the

00:20:27 air

00:20:28 I

00:20:29 was.

00:20:30 There

00:20:31 are

00:20:32 no

00:20:33 air

00:20:34 in the

00:20:35 earth.

00:20:36 I

00:20:37 will

00:20:38 die

00:20:39 like

00:20:40 the

00:20:41 air

00:20:42 I

00:20:43 was.

00:20:44 And

00:20:45 I

00:20:46 will

00:20:47 die

00:20:48 like

00:20:49 the

00:20:50 air

00:20:51 I

00:20:52 was.

00:20:53 There

00:20:54 are

00:20:55 no

00:20:56 air

00:20:57 in the

00:20:58 earth.

00:20:59 And

00:21:00 I

00:21:01 will

00:21:02 die

00:21:03 like

00:21:04 the

00:21:05 air

00:21:07 I

00:21:08 was.

00:21:09 And

00:21:10 I

00:21:11 will

00:21:12 die

00:21:13 like

00:21:14 the

00:21:15 air

00:21:16 I

00:21:17 was.

00:21:18 And

00:21:19 I

00:21:20 will

00:21:21 die

00:21:22 like

00:21:23 the

00:21:24 air

00:21:25 I

00:21:26 was.

00:21:27 And

00:21:28 I

00:21:29 will

00:21:30 die

00:21:31 like

00:21:32 the

00:21:33 air

00:21:34 I

00:22:35 I'm sorry.

00:22:39 In this new territory, let us celebrate how white the air has become.

00:22:44 In this new territory.

00:22:54 There was not a mute.

00:22:56 Perhaps we went too far.

00:22:59 We planned to deceive you.

00:23:00 But then, who would know?

00:23:03 I worry.

00:23:05 I'm sorry.

00:23:36 Why hasten?

00:23:39 I must.

00:23:40 To show I was first.

00:23:43 Are you sure?

00:23:44 Yeah, I trust him.

00:23:45 He claims I wrote it.

00:23:47 He did not publish.

00:23:49 Yet, was it English?

00:23:51 Perhaps.

00:23:52 But that would make you second.

00:23:54 It would make Boisier third.

00:23:58 Is that the point? That we lost?

00:24:01 Indeed.

00:24:02 Why?

00:24:03 Have the world bowed to me when I preceded him?

00:24:08 If you're king, Cholson.

00:24:10 Oh, God forbid.

00:24:11 If you're world, who would you be?

00:24:14 Now, I ask you, who would the world choose?

00:24:17 Cholson, answer me as my husband.

00:24:20 Others have never been his first.

00:24:22 You've always wanted black and white houses.

00:24:25 This country deserves it.

00:24:27 Deserving something does not always lead to getting it.

00:24:30 You can't ignore it.

00:24:32 I published first.

00:24:34 Which makes me first in the world's eyes.

00:24:37 I am in the heart, not the eyes.

00:24:39 The world has no heart.

00:24:41 But you do.

00:24:42 You often don't.

00:24:43 It is true.

00:24:44 You're a clever woman, Mary.

00:24:46 Your impudence is for loving white houses.

00:24:50 Before we came to Scotland,

00:24:52 I was convinced, in my heart, in mind, that I was first.

00:24:56 But now...

00:24:59 I understand.

00:25:02 How will you convince him?

00:25:04 I have a copy.

00:25:06 He may claim he doesn't have it.

00:25:08 Mary, I'm sorry.

00:25:10 I know.

00:25:11 He will remember.

00:25:13 There is none in the house.

00:25:15 Really?

00:25:16 Until she knows.

00:25:18 Hmm.

00:25:19 Are you sure?

00:25:20 I am sure.

00:25:21 Now, purchase him a new sword.

00:25:24 But, will she come and help me?

00:25:26 Will you help me?

00:25:28 Yes.

00:25:29 Why?

00:25:30 Because...

00:25:31 If he trusts...

00:25:35 You are a good woman, Sarah.

00:25:38 You have told him the truth.

00:25:40 Yes, I did.

00:25:43 Now, do you trust him?

00:25:45 I do not trust her.

00:25:47 But, does he?

00:25:50 You need to warn him.

00:25:52 His Majesty is listening to you.

00:25:54 Because he doesn't trust me.

00:25:56 I'm going now.

00:25:57 Otherwise, there will be a disease.

00:25:59 And the letter?

00:26:01 What letter?

00:26:02 She left it.

00:26:04 I saw it.

00:26:05 You saw it?

00:26:06 I'm not sure it's you.

00:26:07 Then, find out now!

00:26:09 I will give it to you.

00:26:10 And I will share your gains.

00:26:12 You are my husband.

00:26:13 No, you are not.

00:26:14 Where is the letter?

00:26:15 Hidden.

00:26:16 You have not destroyed it?

00:26:18 No.

00:26:20 No, you have destroyed it.

00:26:22 Why?

00:26:23 I don't wish to discuss it.

00:26:25 What do you mean?

00:26:26 Why?

00:26:27 I can tell no one.

00:26:28 Why?

00:26:29 What voice has thought that I would have to condemn her overnight?

00:26:34 It is a form of what I did.

00:26:37 You're still young.

00:26:39 Why do you think?

00:26:40 Subtlety comes only with maturity.

00:26:43 But, he cannot teach me subtlety.

00:26:46 Subtlety cannot be taught.

00:26:48 Or explained.

00:26:49 If I thought that he would choose a personal letter,

00:26:52 not a professional article,

00:26:54 to establish his priorities,

00:26:56 I would have wished that letter away,

00:26:58 late,

00:27:00 but not wished to know how it disappeared.

00:27:05 That is something I do not understand.

00:27:08 A stray thought becomes iniquity when small.

00:27:12 That is a law.

00:27:13 A law I never liked.

00:27:15 The law is never liked,

00:27:17 especially when dealing with people.

00:27:20 I only give to you.

00:27:22 I admit it, but only to you.

00:27:25 I admit it, but only to you.

00:27:27 How can I prove to my wife that truth?

00:27:30 Even when done with it,

00:27:32 I'll give it up for you.

00:27:35 Especially when done for love,

00:27:37 for then I'll have to deny her any respect.

00:27:40 Third question.

00:27:53 Who made that effort?

00:27:55 This was the second commandment.

00:27:57 Is that the real question?

00:27:59 Of course.

00:28:00 And you, Monsieur,

00:28:01 did not make that effort,

00:28:03 as you yourself in fact conceded.

00:28:06 Yes, but I understood it first.

00:28:09 I understand that you only come out of existence.

00:28:11 But what proof of such existence must be shed?

00:28:15 I shall.

00:28:16 Here is the letter,

00:28:17 dispatched to you three years ago,

00:28:20 describing what the verdict is.

00:28:24 I never heard of a letter until today.

00:28:27 It describes the creation of man.

00:28:30 No such letter ever reached me.

00:28:33 There has to be a complete witness here today in front of the courts.

00:28:37 Certainly not years ago.

00:28:39 What is the real purpose of this meeting?

00:28:42 Priority.

00:28:43 In August, 1774,

00:28:45 I made demonstrative error.

00:28:48 Your obstinacy.

00:28:49 Then you sought to have my first error, sir.

00:28:52 The first steps of discovery are often tentative errors.

00:28:56 Some of us are more careful than others.

00:28:58 In October of that year,

00:29:00 I met the leading chemist of France.

00:29:02 Indeed, I did my best.

00:29:04 And by us?

00:29:05 Including you, sir.

00:29:07 I told the app.

00:29:08 In your imperfect French?

00:29:10 It's better for what they comprehend it fully.

00:29:13 Oh, my discovery.

00:29:15 Your report of their futility.

00:29:17 Your message was imprecise.

00:29:19 Sir, your words are unworthy of reproach.

00:29:22 And yet, you, Dr. Deasy,

00:29:24 supply us with this modest of details.

00:29:27 I thought details mattered to you, sir.

00:29:30 Only if they are relevant.

00:29:33 More than once,

00:29:34 my experiments in pneumatic chemistry

00:29:36 were cited by you.

00:29:38 Oh, and is there a reason to complain?

00:29:41 Only to be then diluted,

00:29:43 if not evaporated.

00:29:45 How did I do so?

00:29:46 Are you right?

00:29:48 We did this.

00:29:49 And we did that.

00:29:51 Your royal wisdom makes my contributions

00:29:53 disappear into thin air.

00:29:56 When I promise,

00:29:57 I say I did.

00:29:59 I thought.

00:30:00 I observed.

00:30:01 I do not lie behind a wee in our generalities.

00:30:05 Oh, let it be so.

00:30:08 What now?

00:30:09 The question, sir.

00:30:10 The question.

00:30:11 Who did that?

00:30:12 I am but silent.

00:30:14 And this determination is inappropriate.

00:30:16 But by the grace of God,

00:30:17 I made it to you,

00:30:19 and published first.

00:30:24 They knew not what they had done,

00:30:27 or where oxygen would be done.

00:30:31 Three spots, yet you cannot agree?

00:30:34 So be it.

00:30:36 The king will not reward you.

00:30:58 My dear father,

00:31:00 I recognize the young woman's talent.

00:31:03 My dear father,

00:31:04 you did not stop it, did you?

00:31:06 My dear wife,

00:31:08 in the solitude of the cell,

00:31:10 think of our life together.

00:31:13 You were not bored when I played the absence board

00:31:16 with you in my father's house.

00:31:18 You were not bored when I talked about

00:31:20 the job of a doctor.

00:31:22 You were not bored when I talked about

00:31:24 You were not bored when I talked about

00:31:27 theology, about chemistry.

00:31:29 But basically,

00:31:31 it was not true.

00:31:33 Often one can pull theology out of itself,

00:31:36 which would result in

00:31:39 confidence.

00:31:41 i.e., when you were back in power,

00:31:43 were I losing altitude?

00:31:46 Perhaps.

00:31:47 Love,

00:31:49 a word I had not used before,

00:31:51 until I married you,

00:31:53 has become like a precedent for me.

00:31:57 I have no time for antipathy,

00:31:59 even for children.

00:32:00 I thought you understood.

00:32:05 The woman seems satisfied.

00:32:07 Yet, for you,

00:32:10 there were odds on him.

00:32:15 Oh?

00:32:17 No.

00:32:18 I offered you all true partnership,

00:32:20 no other man could do the same.

00:32:23 In prison,

00:32:30 now I understand

00:32:32 what I have done,

00:32:33 what I have expected,

00:32:35 to appreciate.

00:32:40 Ambition without love is over.

00:32:45 The second one was a man.

00:33:15 Thank you.

00:33:45 We thank Raoul Hoffman and Carl Gerasi

00:33:57 for that extraordinary glimpse

00:34:00 into issues of scientific creativity

00:34:03 and discovery.

00:34:05 And it's a fitting reminder

00:34:08 of the depth and breadth

00:34:10 and extent of our chemical heritage

00:34:13 and of the extraordinary individuals

00:34:16 who have made it possible

00:34:18 over the years.

00:34:19 And we thank you all very much

00:34:21 for being with us today

00:34:23 and hope you have a safe journey

00:34:26 from where you're going.

00:34:27 For those of you going to the Omni

00:34:30 or to the Sheraton,

00:34:32 there are coaches outside the front door.

00:34:36 Thank you.

00:34:37 Goodnight.