2003
J. M. Coetzee – Biographical
Biographical
John Maxwell Coetzee was born in Cape Town, South Africa, on 9 February 1940, the elder of two children. His mother was a primary school teacher. His father was trained as an attorney, but practiced as such only intermittently; during the years 1941–45 he served with the South African forces in North Africa and Italy.…
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Press release
Press release
English 7 October 2003 has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2003 “for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids” jointly to Alexei A. Abrikosov Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, USA, Vitaly L. Ginzburg P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia, and Anthony J. Leggett University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA.…
moreAward ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Professor Mats Jonson of the , December 10, 2003. Translation of the Swedish text. Professor Mats Jonson delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics is all about…
moreNobelpriset i fysik 2003 – Populärvetenskaplig information
Popular information
Swedish Populärvetenskaplig information 7 oktober 2003 Den kvantfysik som styr mikrovärlden uppvisar en hel rad spektakulära effekter som normalt inte förekommer i vår vanliga makrovärld. Det finns dock vissa situationer där kvantfenomen blir synliga. Årets Nobelpris i fysik belönar arbeten rörande två av dessa: supraledning och suprafluiditet. Alexei Abrikosov och Vitaly Ginzburg har utvecklat teorier…
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