1992

Banquet speech

Edmond H. Fischer’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1992 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of my colleague and closest friend of forty years, Edwin Krebs and myself, I would like to express our gratitude for the immense honor bestowed upon us today. I thought I would reflect here…

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Interview

Interview, June 2000 https://www.youtube.com/embed/8HWimgBrDXg Interview with Edmond Fischer by Hans Jörnvall at the meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany, June 2000. Edmond Fischer talks about how he came into the field of biochemistry; receiving the Nobel Prize (2:04); how he made his key discoveries (4:53); problems with present day support of science (13:43); and…

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Nobel Symposia

Interpreter’s note This is a live recording of members of AIIC, the International Association of Conference Interpreters, interpreting simultaneously at the Nobel Centennial Symposia. It is not intended to be a literal or definitive translation of the proceedings.

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Nobel Prize lecture

English Acceptance and Nobel Lecture, December 10, 1992 (Translation) Your Majesties, the King and Queen of Norway,The Honorable Members of the Nobel Peace Committee,Your Excellency, the Prime Minister,Your Excellencies, Members of the Government and the Diplomatic Corps,Dear Guatemalan countrymen and women,Ladies and Gentlemen, I feel a deep emotion and pride for the honor of having…

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Nobel Prize lecture

Spanish Acceptance and Nobel Lecture, December 10, 1992 (in Spanish) Honorables señores del Comité Nobel de la Paz,Sus majestades los Reyes de Noruega,Excelentísima señora Primer Ministro,Excelentísimos miembros de gobiernos y del Cuerpo Diplomático,Apreciables compatriotas guatemaltecos,Señoras y señores. Me llena de emoción y orgullo la distinción que se me hace al otorgarme el Premio Nobel de…

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Banquet speech

Gary S. Becker’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1992 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to express my gratitude to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the superb honor conferred on me. It is not necessary to have special reasons to be happy to be here, but…

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