2007

Press release

Swedish   Ständige sekreteraren Pressmeddelande 11 oktober 2007 Nobelpriset i litteratur år 2007 Doris Lessing Nobelpriset i litteratur år 2007 tilldelas den engelska författaren Doris Lessing ”den kvinnliga erfarenhetens epiker, som med skepsis, hetta och visionär kraft har tagit en splittrad civilisation till granskning”.

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Bio-bibliography

French Notice biobibliographique Doris Lessing est née Doris May Taylor le 22 octobre 1919 de parents britanniques à Kermanchah en Perse, (aujourd’hui Iran). Son père Alfred Cook Taylor, capitaine de l’armée britannique durant la première guerre mondiale, était employé de banque. Sa mère Emily Maude Taylor avait été infirmière. En 1925 la famille part s’installer…

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Swedish Biobibliografisk notis Doris Lessing är född den 22 oktober 1919 av brittiska föräldrar i Kermanshah i Persien (nuvarande Iran) som Doris May Taylor. Hennes far Alfred Cook Taylor, kapten i den brittiska armén under första världskriget, var banktjänsteman. Modern Emily Maude Taylor hade varit sjuksköterska. 1925 flyttade familjen till en farm i dåvarande Sydrhodesia…

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German 9. Oktober 2007 hat beschlossen den Nobelpreis des Jahres 2007 in Physik zu verleihen gemeinsam an Albert Fert Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/THALES, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, Frankreich, und Peter Grünberg Forschungszentrum Jülich, Deutschland, „für die Entdeckung des Riesenmagnetowiderstands“. Dank Nanotechnik mehr Gigabytes aus kleinerer Festplatte Dieses Jahr zeichnet der Nobelpreis für Physik eine neue…

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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2007 The electrons in the illustration are represented by small magnets as it is their magnetic qualities that give rise to giant magnetoresistance. The magnetic moment in the electrons is the result of their internal “rotation”, spin, that can point upwards or downwards. Here the electric current is divided into…

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Award ceremony speech

English Presentation Speech by Professor Professor Börje Johansson, Member of the , Member of the Nobel Committee in Physics, 10 December 2007. Professor Börje Johansson delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, This year’s Nobel Prize…

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English 9 October 2007 has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2007 jointly to Albert Fert Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/THALES, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France, and Peter Grünberg Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, “for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance”. Nanotechnology gives sensitive read-out heads for compact hard disks This year’s physics prize is awarded…

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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2007 Editors: Börje Johansson, Member of the Nobel Committee for Physics, Ulrika Björkstén, Nobel Museum, Anna Delin, Royal Institute of Technology, Annika Moberg and Andrea Westerdahl, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Layout and illustration: Typoform Print: Katarinatryck AB 2007 Copyright The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Box 50005, SE-104 05…

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