1929

Award ceremony speech

Presentation Speech by Professor C.W. Oseen, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics of , on December 10, 1929 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. The question as to the nature of light rays is one of the oldest problems in physics. In the works of the ancient philosophers are to be found…

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Biographical

Prince Louis-Victor de Broglie of the French Academy, Permanent Secretary of the Academy of Sciences, and Professor at the Faculty of Sciences at Paris University, was born at Dieppe (Seine Inférieure) on 15th August, 1892, the son of Victor, Duc de Broglie and Pauline d’Armaillé. After studying at the Lycée Janson of Sailly, he passed…

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