Nobel Prize

Paul A. Samuelson’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1970 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, The dream of any scholar has for me come true by virtue of this award. The Nobel Prizes are justly famous in the hard sciences, in literature, and for peace. Imagine then how my…

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes’ speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1913 (in German) Königliche Hoheiten, Meine Damen, Meine Herren! Mit tiefer Rührung spreche ich bei dieser Feier, welcher die Beteiligung des Königlichen Hauses ihren Zauber verleiht, meinen innigst gefühlten Dank aus für die mir heute erwiesene Ehre, deren Bedeutung noch dadurch erhöht wird,…

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. As a Nobel Laureate one gets asked many questions, some of them very peculiar indeed, but one frequent question that is quite reasonable is: What advice would you give to a student hoping to embark on a career in theoretical physics? Now I should…

Derek Walcott’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1992 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Representatives of the Nobel Foundation, Honourable Members of the Academies, the Karolinska Institute and Election Committees, Students, Ladies and Gentlemen, The honour that you pay me is accepted in the one name that comprises all of the supposedly broken…

Your Majesties, Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, After that speech I am afraid I come as an anticlimax. I was asked to prepare my speech because I understand it will be captioned for the Swedish public, and so it will be difficult for me to change what I have to say, because…

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Nobel Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I draw pleasure, along with Ben Feringa and Jean-Pierre Sauvage, in joining the roster of chemists, recognized for over a century for their ingenuity and creativity by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. What an honor it is for us to be chosen…

Ers Majestäter, Ers Kungliga Högheter, Ers Excellenser, Mina Damer och Herrar. Jag börjar på svenska för att bevisa att jag fortfarande kan lära mig något nytt 45 år efter arbetet som förde mig hit. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentleman. I start in Swedish to prove that I…

To stand before this assembly as a Nobel Laureate in the midst of these gala and festive surroundings, is simultaneously daunting, exhilarating, empowering, and most of all humbling. It is a remarkable moment, one to be savored. It is also a moment in which to feel a profound sense of gratitude. And…

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen I come humbly before you speaking for myself along with Co-Laureates – Dr. Richard Heck and Dr. Akira Suzuki. We are deeply honored to be recognized with this wonderful distinction. Receiving a Nobel Prize is the ultimate recognition for a lifetime spent questioning, exploring,…

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great honor for me to be able to express my sincere gratitude to the Nobel Foundation. I was asked to represent the 2009 Chemistry laureates, who are three different people. We belong to different nationalities, genders, views and upbringings. However, we…