Nobel Prize

Max Planck’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, June 1, 1920 (in German) Meine hochverehrten Damen und Herren! Gestatten Sie mir gütigst, in aller Kürze, zugleich im Namen meiner Collegen und , auf die freundlichen soeben gehörten Worte zu erwidern. Je lebhafter die Eindrücke dieser festlichen Tage auf mich einstürmen und je tiefer sich…

Danish Niels Bohr’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1922 (in Danish) Deres Kgl. Højheder, mine Damer og Herrer. Ved Forsøget paa at give Udtryk for min dybtfølte Taknemmelighed for den store Hæder, som Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien har vist mig ved at tildele mig Nobelprisen for Fysik for dette Aar, falder det…

English Niels Bohr’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1922 (Translation) Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. In attempting to give expression to my deep and heartfelt gratitude for the great honour that the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has bestowed upon me by awarding me the Nobel Prize for Physics for…

Max Born’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1954 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. When the work of a scientist is regarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Science worth of the Nobel Prize, the highest honour open to a scholar, he will sense not only the deepest gratitude…

Louis de Broglie’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1929 (in French) Altesses Royales, Mesdames, Messieurs. Je veux avant tout adresser mes remerciements les plus sincères et les plus émus à l’Académie des sciences de Suède et à la Suède toute entière pour le très grand honneur que l’on m’a fait en…

Arthur H. Compton’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1927 Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen: Several years ago I was reading Marco Polo’s account of his experiences in the employ of the great Emperor of China, Kublai Khan. He was telling his incredulous Venetian friends of the daily life of the…

C. T. R. Wilson’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1927 Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I wish I could adequately express my gratitude to the Royal Swedish Academy of Science for the great honour they have conferred upon me. I feel that I owe what success I have achieved in…

Carl D. Anderson’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1936 Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: I do not know how to express my appreciation for this great honor bestowed upon me; I do not feel that my simple labors can be worthy of such recognition. But it makes me…

English I am a storyteller, so before I propose a toast I will tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was a boy who learned to read at the age of five. This changed his life. Owing to the adventure tales he read, he discovered a way to escape from…

Gabriela Mistral’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1945 (Translation) Today Sweden turns toward a distant Latin American country to honour it in the person of one of the many exponents of its culture. It would have pleased the cosmopolitan spirit of Alfred Nobel to extend the scope…