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Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1933 Theory of Electrons and Positrons Pdf 48 kB

Paul A.M. Dirac’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1933 I should like to thank you all very much for the great honour you have done to me, and the kindness you have shown me, which I hardly feel I deserve. I think that in replying on an occasion like this one…

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Erwin Schrödinger’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1933 (in German) Königliche Hoheiten! Meine Damen und Herren! Es gibt Dinge im Leben, die man nicht durch Erfahrung lernen kann, sondern gleich das erste Mal richtig treffen muss. Und trifft man es nicht, so hat man keine Gelegenheit, den Fehler beim zweiten Mal…

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Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1926 Discontinuous Structure of Matter Since I have the great honour to have to summarize here the work which has enabled me to receive the high international distinction awarded by the Swedish Academy of Sciences, I shall speak of the “discontinuous structure of matter”. Introduction A fluid such as air or…

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Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1926 Transformation of Kinetic Energy of Free Electrons into Excitation Energy of Atoms by Impacts Pdf 6 kB  

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1926 The Results of the Electron-Impact Tests in the Light of Bohr’s Theory of Atoms Pdf 204 kB  

James Franck’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1926 (in German) Eure königliche Hoheiten! Meine hochverehrten Damen und Herren! Ich bitte um die Erlaubnis, gleichzeitig im Namen meines Freundes Hertz für die so sehr freundlichen Worte danken zu dürfen, die Herr Oseen und Herr Cassel uns gewidmet haben. Gern möchte ich die…