Nobel Prize

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…

English Samuel C.C. Ting’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1976 (Translation) Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, Professor Burton Richter and I wish to thank the Nobel Foundation and the Royal Academy of Sciences for the great honor which has been conferred on us. Having grown up in the old China,…

Chinese Samuel C.C. Ting’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1976  

John H. Van Vleck’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1977 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the three recipients of the award in physics may I express our deepest gratitude and appreciation. May I add that it is a personal satisfaction to me to be sharing the award…

Arno Penzias’ speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1978 Students of Stockholm, During the past few days a number of things both great and small, have happened to me for the first time in my life. One of these “firsts” is to be asked to begin a speech to the sound of trumpets and…

Pyotr Kapitsa’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1978 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I think I am not mistaken in believing that I am the oldest person who ever received the Nobel Prize. My first scientific publication of some significance was made in 1913 and since then for 65 years.…