1965

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UNICEF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to provide humanitarian aid for children in need and promote children’s right to health, education and well-being. Full name: United Nations Children’s FundNative name: United Nations Children’s FundFounded: 1946, New York, NY, USADate awarded: 25 October 1965 From temporary to permanent The United Nations International Children’s…

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Nobel Lecture

Nobel Lecture, May 6, 1966 Development of Quantum Electrodynamics Personal recollections (1) In 1932, when I started my research career as an assistant to Nishina, published a paper in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, London. In this paper, he discussed the formulation of relativistic quantum mechanics, especially that of electrons interacting with the electromagnetic…

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Banquet speech

Julian Schwinger’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1965 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen No words of mine can adequately acknowledge the unbounded courtesy and hospitality that my wife and I have been accorded during this remarkable occasion. But I should like to comment briefly on the…

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Banquet speech

As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1965, the speech was read by Mr Tsuruoka, Japanese Ambassador Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Ever since I learned about the nomination for the glorious Nobel Prize in Physics, how much have I not looked forward to the great honour…

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Nobel Lecture

  Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1965 The Development of the Space-Time View of Quantum Electrodynamics We have a habit in writing articles published in scientific journals to make the work as finished as possible, to cover all the tracks, to not worry about the blind alleys or to describe how you had the wrong idea…

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Banquet speech

Richard P. Feynman’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1965 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. The work I have done has, already, been adequately rewarded and recognized. Imagination reaches out repeatedly trying to achieve some higher level of understanding, until suddenly I find myself momentarily alone before one new…

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