Nobel Prize

Owen Chamberlain’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1959 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am deeply moved by the great honor the Royal Swedish Academy of Science has bestowed upon me. I doubt that any man could feel himself worthy of this great distinction. Certainly I…

Donald A. Glaser’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1960 Your Majesties, your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, As my fellow laureates in science have just emphasized to you, the advance of modern science is possible only because of the complete cooperation and collaboration of many scientists. We depend heavily not…

As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1962, the speech was held by Mr Belokhvostikov, Ambassador of the Soviet Union (Translation) Sire, Madame, Altesses Royales, Excellences, Mesdames et Messieurs, C’est pour moi un grand honneur que d’avoir à transmettre à l’Académie Royale des Sciences de Suède,…

Eugene Wigner’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1963 I wish to thank first in the names of Drs. Maria Goeppert Mayer and Jensen, as well as in my own name, for the honor we received and for the beautiful celebration, for the truly heart-warming festivities, which we all enjoyed. We are…

Nicolay G. Basov’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1964 (in French) Sire, Madame, Altesses Royales, Mesdames et Messieurs, Nous sommes heureux, et je parle au nom de mon collègue Prochorov aussi bien qu’en mon nom, nous sommes vraiment heureux d’avoir l’honneur de prendre part à ce dîner solennel en qualité de…

Julian Schwinger’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1965 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen No words of mine can adequately acknowledge the unbounded courtesy and hospitality that my wife and I have been accorded during this remarkable occasion. But I should like to comment briefly on the…

As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1965, the speech was read by Mr Tsuruoka, Japanese Ambassador Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Ever since I learned about the nomination for the glorious Nobel Prize in Physics, how much have I not looked forward to the great honour…

Richard P. Feynman’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1965 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. The work I have done has, already, been adequately rewarded and recognized. Imagination reaches out repeatedly trying to achieve some higher level of understanding, until suddenly I find myself momentarily alone before one new…

Alfred Kastler’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1966 (in French) Sire, Altesses Royales, Mesdames, Messieurs, Permettez-moi de vous exprimer ce soir, non pas seulement la gratitude d’un homme, mais celle d’une équipe dont vous avez distingué l’oeuvre collective et que m’a puissamment aidé à former mon collègue et ami Jean Brossel.…

Hans Bethe’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1967 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. I am deeply grateful to you for bestowing on me the Nobel Prize. For many decades this Prize has been regarded as the highest honor which can be awarded to a scientist. I feel quite…