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Igor Y. Tamm’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1958 Eders Majestäter, Eders Kungliga Högheter, Excellenser, Mina Damer och Herrar! Å mina och mina kollegers Cerenkov och Frank vägnar önskar jag uttrycka vår djupt kända tacksamhet för den stora ära, som vederfarits oss. Besides the feeling of an immense personal happiness, mixed…

Ernest Lawrence’s speech from the , February 29, 1940 Mr. President, Mr. Consul-General, Professor Birge, Ladies and Gentlemen! Words fail me in giving expression to my thoughts on this occasion. To convey to you, Mr. Consul-General, and through you to the Royal Swedish Academy of Science my profound gratitude for this great honor would be…

I was born in Washington, D.C., on February 19, 1941, the eldest of four sons. My father, Bertram Meyer, born in Philadelphia, son of immigrant Jewish parents from Czechoslovakia-Hungary, had attended the University of Pennsylvania as an English major. From 1941 a staff member of U.S. Sen. James E. Murray of Montana, he helped after…

H. David Politzer – Biographical  H. David Politzer did not submit an autobiography.

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Nobel Laureates 2004 – Credits Production TWI: Narrator: Josette Simon Titles and Graphics: Kevin Cooney Editor: Gidon Benari Sound: Stuart Browne Researcher: Alex Gervin Production Manager: Kate Best Executive Producer: Rick Thomas Producer: Linda Daniel Camera: Sveriges Television AB – SVT Copyright Acknowledgements: Physical Review Journal Papers, Courtesy of the American Physical Society U.S. Department…

Born April 20, 1918, in Lund, Sweden. Parents: and Karin Högbom. Married May 23, 1944, to Anna Brita Rhedin. Three children: Per (1945), Hans (1947) and Nils (1953). Attended the Uppsala Gymnasium; Studied physics, mathematics and chemistry at the University of Uppsala from 1936 until 1942. Graduated in Stockholm 1944. Docent in physics that year.…

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