1922
Niels Bohr – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Danish Niels Bohr’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1922 (in Danish) Deres Kgl. Højheder, mine Damer og Herrer. Ved Forsøget paa at give Udtryk for min dybtfølte Taknemmelighed for den store Hæder, som Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien har vist mig ved at tildele mig Nobelprisen for Fysik for dette Aar, falder det…
moreNiels Bohr – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Niels Bohr – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
English Niels Bohr’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1922 (Translation) Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. In attempting to give expression to my deep and heartfelt gratitude for the great honour that the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has bestowed upon me by awarding me the Nobel Prize for Physics for…
moreFridtjof Nansen: Scientist and humanitarian
Article
Fridtjof Nansen: Scientist and humanitarian by Asle Sveen This article was published on 15 March 2001. In the summer of 1922, the last of the German and Austria-Hungarian soldiers who had been in Russian captivity after the First World War were shipped home across the Baltic. On the return voyage, the ships carried the last…
moreJacinto Benavente – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
English As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet at Grand Hôtel, Stockholm, December 10, 1922, the speech was given by Count de Torata, Spanish Ambassador (Translation) It is difficult to express the deep satisfaction I feel today. It would take Benavente’s talent to come up to the level of my…
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