Nobel Prize

Roald Hoffmann’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1981 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Fellow Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Students of Stockholm, Students of all Sweden! I salute you for all that you represent: For your youth, your beauty and your strength – symbolic of mankind’s constant renewal! For your devotion to knowledge, your…

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Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1981 The Role of Frontier Orbitals in Chemical Reactions Pdf 166 kB

Nobel lecture, 8 December 1981 Building Bridges between Inorganic and Organic Chemistry   Pdf 308 kB

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Elias Canetti’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1981 (in German) Eure Majestäten, Eure Königlichen Hoheiten, meine Damen und Herren, Einer Stadt, die man kennt, verdankt man viel und einer, die man kennen möchte, wenn man sich lange vergeblich nach ihr sehnt, vielleicht noch mehr. Aber es gibt, glaube ich, im Leben eines Menschen…

German Auftritt des Hexenmeisters Wie sehr ich mich verändert hatte, erkannte ich an den Besuchen des Großvaters. Er kam erst nach Zürich, als er mich allein wußte. Die Spannung zwischen ihm und der Mutter war wohl gewachsen, einige Jahre ging er ihr aus dem Weg, aber sie schrieben sich regelmäßig. Während des Krieges bekam er…

English The Appearance of the Sorcerer I could tell how much I had changed by my grandfather’s visits. He came to Zurich only when he knew I was alone. The tension between him and Mother must have grown; for several years he avoided her, but they corresponded regularly. During the war, he received postcards telling…

Roger Wolcott Sperry by Norman H. Horowitz This article was published on 23 July 1997. Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913-1994) was born in Hartford, Connecticut and grew up on a farm outside Hartford. He attended Hartford public schools. At West Hartford High School he was a star athlete in several sports, but he also did well…