Nobel Prize

Robert Hofstadter’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1961 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: I wish to thank the Nobel Foundation and the Royal Swedish Academy of Science for the great honor conferred upon me. Since I am the last speaker you will appreciate my difficulty in saying…

Rudolf Mössbauer’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1961 (in German) Eure Majestäten, Königliche Hoheiten, Hochansehnliche Festversammlung. Im vergangenen Herbst hatte ich zum ersten Mal Gelegenheit Ihr gastfreundliches Land und einige seiner schönen wissenschaftlichen Institutionen kennenzulernen. Damals konnte ich nicht ahnen, dass es mir vergönnt sein würde so kurze Zeit später und…

Herbert A. Hauptman’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1985 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I speak for Jerome Karle, as well as myself when I say that our journey to Stockholm began some 67 years ago when our parents, with unconscious wisdom, gave us a most precious gift, the freedom…

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, On this occasion I have much to celebrate. I rejoice in the opportunities I have had in many diverse branches of science over the past fifty years. Starting in mathematics, using fundamental principles of physics, aided by developing power of computer science I have…

Richard R. Ernst’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1991 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is indeed a great moment for me to stand where I am standing to express my deep gratitude to the Nobel Foundation for this extraordinary honor. Obviously, most of the glory should fall on those…

Chen Ning Yang’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1957 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen: First of all allow me to thank the Nobel Foundation and the Swedish Academy of Sciences for the kind hospitality that Mrs. Yang and I have so much enjoyed. I also wish to thank…

Tsung-Dao Lee’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1957 Juai Tien Kuo Kuo Wang, Wang Hu, Ke Wai Wang Tze, Ke Wai Rung Chu, Ke Wai Kao Pin: [Your Majesties, Your Highnesses, Ladies and Gentemen:] To be awarded the Nobel Prize is perhaps the greatest honor that can be bestowed on any…

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…

Robert F. Curl delivering his speech of thanks at the Nobel Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1996. Robert F. Curl Jr.’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1996 Your Majesties, Ladies and Gentlemen, Harold Kroto, Richard Smalley and I are deeply grateful for the honors you have given us today. The…

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, There is something very mysterious about the Nobel Prize. No prize has anywhere near the status of the Nobel prize. Clearly, the Swedes have a mysterious hold on the world. This stimulated me to go digging in Swedish history. In the old times there…