Physics

Banquet speech

Owen Willans Richardson’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1929 Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, I yield to no man in my admiration of the Swedish race. A race which has produced such names as those of Linnaeus, Scheele, Berzelius, Ångstrom and Rydberg, to mention a few…

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Nobel Prize lecture

Lecture delivered to the Nordic Assembly of Naturalists at Gothenburg, July 11, 1923 Fundamental ideas and problems of the theory of relativity Read the Nobel Lecture Pdf 311 kB Pdf 3.57 MB

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Questions and Answers

Question: When was Albert Einstein born? Answer: Albert Einstein was born on 14 March 1879. Question: Where was he born? Answer: He was born in Ulm, Germany. Question: When did he die? Answer: He died 18 April 1955 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. Question: Who were his parents? Answer: His father was Hermann Einstein and…

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Banquet speech

As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet at Grand Hôtel, Stockholm, December 10, 1922, the speech was read by the German Minister R. Nadolny (in German). Da Professor Einstein durch seine Reise nach dem fernen Osten verhindert ist, die hohen Ehren des Nobelpreises selbst entgegenzunehmen, ist mir die Aufgabe und…

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