Nobel Prize

https://youtu.be/svtY_XKKMXM William D. Nordhaus’ speech at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2018. Ers Majestäter, Ers Kungliga Högheter, Excellenser, Kära pristagare, Mina damer och herrar, Våra barn, Våra barnbarn. The 2018 citation for economic sciences highlights “the causes and consequences of technological innovation and climate change.” The science of climate change was founded in 1896, the…

https://youtu.be/5k_sISTkG4E Tasuku Honjo’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2018. Your Majesties, your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Dear Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen. On behalf of Professor Jim Allison and myself, I wish to express our heartful appreciation to the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute and the Nobel Foundation. Cancer has been the No. 1…

https://youtu.be/EnLdBiu7ci8 Frances H. Arnold’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2018. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellences, Dear Laureates, Ladies and gentlemen. Let me start with a question: “Why did Newton’s apple fall to the ground?” First the answer from the physicist: “There is a force called gravity that exists between any two objects,…

https://youtu.be/vzHE4TDYjsI Donna Strickland’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2018. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellences, Dear Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is my honour to represent the Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 and speak on behalf of Arthur Ashkin and Gérard Mourou, my esteemed colleagues with whom I share the prize. Arthur Ashkin…

Teacher’s guide This is a step-by-step timetable for the Nobel Prize Lesson about all the 2018 Nobel Prizes. This lesson package consists of four parts: one short video, a slide show with a speaker’s manuscript for the teacher, a quiz, and this teacher’s guide. The lesson is designed to take 45 minutes.  (PDF file 97K)…

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On the Possibility of Progress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZmgZGIZtiM Paul M. Romer delivered his Prize Lecture on 8 December 2018 at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was introduced by Professor Per Krusell, member of the Economic Sciences Prize Committee.

Climate change: The Ultimate Challenge for Economics https://youtu.be/h1RkSuAs03Q William D. Nordhaus delivered his Prize Lecture on 8 December 2018 at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was introduced by Professor Per Krusell, member of the Economic Sciences Prize Committee. Pdf 1 MB Copyright © William D. Nordhaus Pdf 2,4 MB Copyright © The Nobel Foundation

https://youtu.be/xQnvvpHvbss Nobel Peace Prize Lecture https://youtu.be/IYOiqbjrZYQ Nobel Peace Prize Lecture subtitled in English Denis Mukwege delivered his Nobel Lecture on 10 December 2018 at the Oslo City Hall, Norway. English (pdf) Nobel Lecture given by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2018 Denis Mukwege, Oslo, 10 December 2018. In the tragic night of 6 October 1996, rebels…

Serendipities of Acquired Immunity https://youtu.be/9gx05bZIMc8 Tasuko Honjo delivered his Nobel Lecture on 7 December 2018 at Aula Medica, Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. He was introduced by Professor Edvard Smith, member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine. Pdf 7 MB Copyright © Tasuko Honjo Pdf 5,9 MB Copyright © The Nobel Foundation