Physics

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German 10 Oktober 2000 hat beschlossen den Nobelpreis in Physik für das Jahr 2000 an Forscher und Erfinder zu verleihen, deren Arbeiten die Basis zu der modernen Informationstechnologie, IT, gelegt haben; und zwar speziell durch ihre Erfindung schneller Transistoren, Laserdioden sowie integrierter Schaltkreise (Chips). Der Preis wird verliehen mit der einen Hälfte gemeinsam an Zhores…

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Swedish 9 oktober 1996 har beslutat att utdela 1996 års Nobelpris i fysik gemensamt till Professor David M. Lee, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, Professor Douglas D. Osheroff, Stanford University, Stanford, Kalifornien, USA och Professor Robert C. Richardson, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, för upptäckten av suprafluiditet i helium-3. Ett genombrott inom lågtemperaturfysiken…

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French 9 octobre 2001 a décidé d’attribuer le Prix Nobel de Physique pour l’année 2001 conjointement à Eric A. Cornell JILA et National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, Colorado, USA, Wolfgang Ketterle Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, et Carl E. Wieman JILA et University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA, ”pour…

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Biographical

I was born on June 26, 1937 in Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. My parents, Lois Price Richardson and Robert Franklin Richardson, lived in Arlington, VA. My sister and only sibling, Addie Ann Richardson, was born on May 6, 1939, also in Georgetown University Hospital. My earliest memories are of the apartment building in…

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John Lewis Hall (known by many as Jan) was born on August 21, 1934 in Denver, Colorado. His father (John Ernest Hall) was trained as an electrical engineer and worked for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on many hydroelectric projects here and overseas. His mother, Rae (Long) Hall was an elementary school teacher and singer.…

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Award ceremony speech

Presentation Speech by the former Rector General of National Antiquities H. Hildebrand, President of , on December 10, 1909 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. Research in physics has provided us with many surprises. Discoveries which at first seemed to have but theoretical interest have often led to inventions of the greatest importance…

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Award ceremony speech

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…

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