2005

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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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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Award ceremony speech

Swedish Presentationstal av Professor Stig Stenholm, ledamot av , den 10 december 2005. Professor Stig Stenholm presenterar Nobelpriset i fysik 2005 i Stockholms Konserthus. Eders Majestäter, Eders Kungliga Högheter, mina damer och herrar, Vi lever i en värld av ljus. Vi upplever omvärlden genom synen. Likaså ger ljuset från de avlägsnaste galaxerna kunskap…

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Press release

German 4 oktober 2005 hat beschlossen, den Nobelpreis für Physik des Jahres 2005 zu verleihen zur einen Hälfte an Roy J. Glauber Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA „für seinen Beitrag zur quantenmechanischen Theorie der optischen Kohärenz“ und zur anderen Hälfte gemeinsam an John L. Hall JILA, University of Colorado und National Institute of Standards and…

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Press release

Swedish 4 oktober 2005 har beslutat utdela 2005 års Nobelpris i Fysik med ena hälften till Roy J. Glauber Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA “för hans bidrag till den kvantmekaniska teorin för optisk koherens” och med andra hälften gemensamt till John L. Hall JILA, University of Colorado och National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder,…

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  The Nobel Prize in Physics 2005       Credits Editors: Sune Svanberg, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics, Stig Stenholm, Member of the Nobel Committee for Physics, Björn Jacobsson, KTH, Jonas Förare, Eva Krutmeijer and Malin Lindgren, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Layout and illustrations: Typoform Printing: Katarinatryck AB 2005  …

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  The Nobel Prize in Physics 2005             Quantum mechanics – what is it? Quantum mechanics describes the laws and phenomena in the microcosmos, among tiny particles and incredibly weak light, photons. These laws do not always agree with our common sense, nor do they fit in with our everyday…

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