Nobel Prize

Luis Alvarez’ speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1968 Your Majesty. Your Royal Highnesses, your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: I learned much of the physics I know from two men who preceded me to this banquet table – and . Because Ernest Lawrence’s award came in the war years, I had the…

Murray Gell-Mann’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1969 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: As a theoretical physicist, I feel at once proud and humble at the thought of the illustrious figures that have preceded me here to receive the greatest of all honors in science, the…

Louis Néel’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1970 (in French) Sire, Altesses Royales, Mesdames, Messieurs, Je suis heureux d’avoir ici l’occasion de remercier l’Académie Royale des Sciences de Suède pour la distinction qui ma été accordée et qui, par mon intermédiaire, honore la Physique française et en particulier l’Ecole française de…

Hannes Alfvén’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1970 Ers Majestät, Era Kungliga Högheter, Mina Damer och Herrar, I raden av tacktalare skall jag utnyttja den färdighet, som i hela vår grupp endast Ulf von Euler och jag besitter, den att kunna tala svenska. Jag vill på svenska uttala ett varmt tack…

Dennis Gabor’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1971 Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honoured and rewarded far beyond my most sanguine expectations. My thanks go to the Nobel Committee, and also to that great, unhappy man who has given me this great happiness; Alfred Nobel. Alfred Nobel’s personality…

John Bardeen’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1972 Mr. Prime Minister, Ladies, and Gentlemen, Science is a field which grows continuously with ever expanding frontiers. Further, it is truly international in scope. Any particular advance has been preceded by the contributions of those from many lands who have set firm foundations…

Leo Esaki’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1973 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Josephson, Ivar Giaever and I come from three very different cultures and yet tonight we are here together and together we have the honour of responding to your toast. Because we have such different origins, in…

Antony Hewish’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1974 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, The world of man lies midway in scale between the inner space of atoms and particles, and the outer space of stars and galaxies. The exploration of both these regions stretches our imagination to its limits. In…

Aage N. Bohr’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1975 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. Dear Students! On behalf of all the laureates assembled here today, I have the great pleasure to express our thanks for your kind words and beautiful songs, worthy of the great traditions of Swedish student life.…

Ben R. Mottelson’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1975 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an overwhelming experience to participate in the great drama that has been created out of Alfred Nobel’s idealism and vision of science. The performance today reflects the unsparing efforts of our hosts in their…