1943
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1943
Summary
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section.
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Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
The following account of Stern’s and Rabi’s works is by Professor E. Hulthén, Stockholm (Broadcast lecture, 10th December, 1944) There is a certain relation between electric and magnetic phenomena in that the magnetic field can generally be ascribed to the presence of electric currents. It was in this way that the famous Ampère sought to…
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Otto Stern – Biographical
Biographical
Otto Stern was born in Sorau, Upper Silesia, Germany, on February 17, 1888. In 1892 he moved with his parents to Breslau, where he attended high school. He began to study physical chemistry in 1906, receiving his Ph.D. degree from the University of Breslau in 1912. In the same year he joined Einstein at the…
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