2011

Banquet speech

Jules A. Hoffmann’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2011. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Honoured Guests, On behalf of the awardees of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, I first wish to express our deeply felt appreciation of the exceptional honor which is bestowed on us today. We are delighted that the…

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Banquet speech

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Nobel Laureates, fellow scientists, ladies and gentlemen, dear family. On April 8, 1982, I was alone in the electron microscope room when I discovered the Icosahedral Phase that opened the field of quasi–periodic crystals. However, today I am joined by many hundreds of enthusiastic scientists worldwide. I…

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