The making of Nobel XIX -- Early morning thoughts of a chairman after a conference -- The limitations of medicine as a science -- The ghosts are on the wall : a parable for manipulating life -- Bio-engineering : short-term optimism and long-term risk -- What's so special about being human? / Willard Gaylan -- Manipulating life : the God-Satan ratio -- Without laws, oaths and revolutions / June Goodfield -- Conversations at Nobel XIX