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Presentation Speech by Professor Carl Nordling of the . Translation of the Swedish text Your Majesties, Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, The air that we breathe not only contains oxygen and nitrogen, but also small quantities of other gases. One of these – often mentioned in connection with the global greenhouse effect – is…

English 4 October 2005 has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2005 with one half to Roy J. Glauber Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA “for his contribution to the quantum theory of optical coherence” and one half jointly to John L. Hall JILA, University of Colorado and National Institute of Standards and…

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2005 This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to three scientists in the field of optics. Roy Glauber is awarded half of the Prize for his theoretical description of the behaviour of light particles. John Hall and Theodor Hänsch share the other half of the Prize for their development…

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English Presentation Speech by Professor Stig Stenholm, Member of the , December 10, 2005. Professor Stig Stenholm delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, We live in a world of light. We experience our surroundings by…

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2008 Why is there something instead of nothing? Why are there so many different elementary particles? This year’s Nobel Laureates in Physics have presented theoretical insights that give us a deeper understanding of what happens far inside the tiniest building blocks of matter. Unravelling the hidden symmetries of nature Nature’s…

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English Presentation Speech by Professor Professor Lars Brink, Member of the , Member of the Nobel Committee for Physics, 10 December 2008 Professor Lars Brink delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, “The Earth is round.”…