Nobel Prize

Ronald H. Coase’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1991 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have been deeply moved by the honour paid to me by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and by the recognition thus given to the study of the institutional structure of the economy. By drawing…

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, First, Willard Boyle and I would like to sincerely thank the Nobel Committee and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for bestowing this great honor upon us. I am sure that Bill will agree with me that it comes as the supreme highpoint of…

Kenneth G. Wilson’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1982 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank everyone who has made our stay in Sweden so wonderful. The Nobel Prize is the highest honor recognized by the scientific community. The Nobel award occasions a unique celebration of the…

Ernst Ruska’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1986 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, As the oldest of the Physics Laureates of this year, the pleasant task fell on me to express our deep-felt gratitude towards the Nobel Committee for the high honour bestowed upon our scientific work. Our work, although…

Clifford G. Shull’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1994 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I need not say that Bertram Brockhouse and I are immensely grateful to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for affording us the great honor of being named Laureates today. Being selected as such is a…

Norwegian Knut Hamsun’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at Grand Hôtel, Stockholm, December 10, 1920 (in Norwegian) Nei hvad skal jeg gjöre overfor en saa hjærtelig Elskværdighet! Den löfter mig iveiret og jeg mister Fotfæstet, Salen farer avsted med mig. Det er ikke godt at være mig nu, jeg er blit tyk av Ære og…

English Knut Hamsun’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at Grand Hôtel, Stockholm, December 10, 1920 (Translation) What am I to do in the presence of such gracious, such overwhelming generosity? I no longer have my feet planted on the ground, I am walking on air, my head is spinning. It is not easy to be…

Harry M. Markowitz’ speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1990 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to express my deepest thanks to the Nobel Foundation for the honor you do us, on behalf of the three of us who are here tonight and on behalf of hundreds of others…

Trygve Haavelmo’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1989 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I should like to keep my own person in the background in this connection, overwhelmed as I am by the honour that has fallen upon me. My admiration for their wisdom and foresight should go to those…

Maurice Allais’ speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1988 (in French) Majestés, Altesses Royales, Chers Collègues et Amis, Mesdames et Messieurs, Je suis profondément honoré par le Prix Nobel d’Economie qui vient de m’être décerné, en fait la plus haute distinction que puisse recevoir un scientifique. Quand je parcours la liste des savants prestigieux…