Nobel Prize

Charles-Edouard Guillaume’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1920 (in French) Altesses, Mesdames, Messieurs, Lorsque s’approchent les cérémonies consacrées à la proclamation des Prix Nobel, c’est, disait il y a un instant l’illustre Professeur Montelius, une joie pour l’Académie, pour la science suédoise, pour la Suède tout entière, de penser que l’on…

Charles Glover Barkla’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, June 1, 1920 Let me first say how much I regret that the British are not more fully represented at this celebration. When the invitation came to hand Professor Sir had already entered into several important engagements which could not conveniently be cancelled, and unfortunately…

As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1912, the speech was held by his brother, A. Dalén (in Swedish) Eders K. Höghet! Mina damer och herrar! Då min broder, ingenjör Dalén, som erhållit årets Nobelpris i fysik, tyvärr af sjukdom varit hindrad att närvara vid prisutdelningen…

Wilhelm Wien’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1911 (in German) Königliche Hoheiten, meine verehrten Damen und Herren! Für uns, die wir den Nobel-Preis erhalten haben, wird das erste Gefühl ein tiefer Dank sein, aber wir werden auch Veranlassung haben, unsere eigne Stellung zu den Arbeiten, die mit dem Preise gekrönt sind,…

Guglielmo Marconi’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1909 Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen I thank Mr. Hildebrand for the very kind but too flattering remarks that he has made of myself and of my work in Wireless Telegraphy. I believe that one perhaps of the least thought of…

Georges Charpak’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1992 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, The honour bestowed upon me by the Nobel Foundation appeared to me not to belong to the real world. I should have found, at my side, everyone from CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. But an…

Frédéric Joliot’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1935 (in French) Altesses Royales, Mesdames, Messieurs, Qu’il me soit permis au nom de Madame Joliot-Curie et de moi-même d’exprimer toute notre admiration et notre reconnaissance à l’œuvre fondée par Alfred Nobel, de remercier les savants suédois du grand honneur qu’il nous ont fait…

Your Majesties, your Royal Highnesses, ladies and gentlemen; on behalf of Shinya Yamanaka and myself, may I express our profound gratitude to the Karolinska Institutet and to the Nobel Foundation for this pre-eminent honour bestowed on us at this time. Shinya Yamanaka and I must be more different than any other previous…

Jules A. Hoffmann’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2011. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Honoured Guests, On behalf of the awardees of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, I first wish to express our deeply felt appreciation of the exceptional honor which is bestowed on us today. We are delighted that the…

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen Perhaps some of you know of a somewhat obscure poetic tradition that has been handed down through the many generations of life on the American frontier.  If not, please prepare yourself for a “top ten list” that has been composed for the occasion. Top…