Physics
Robert A. Millikan – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel Lecture, May 23, 1924 The Electron and the Light-Quant from the Experimental Point of View Pdf 130 kB
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Charles-Edouard Guillaume – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Charles-Edouard Guillaume – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Charles-Edouard Guillaume’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1920 (in French) Altesses, Mesdames, Messieurs, Lorsque s’approchent les cérémonies consacrées à la proclamation des Prix Nobel, c’est, disait il y a un instant l’illustre Professeur Montelius, une joie pour l’Académie, pour la science suédoise, pour la Suède tout entière, de penser que l’on…
moreJohannes Stark – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel Lecture, June 3, 1920 Structural and Spectral Changes of Chemical Atoms The question of the composition of perceptible objects is one which already occupied the mind of the ancient Greeks. They formed the concept, as a philosophical speculation, of the indivisible particle, the atom, as the smallest component of perceptible objects. However, they did…
moreCharles Glover Barkla – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Charles Glover Barkla – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Charles Glover Barkla’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, June 1, 1920 Let me first say how much I regret that the British are not more fully represented at this celebration. When the invitation came to hand Professor Sir had already entered into several important engagements which could not conveniently be cancelled, and unfortunately…
moreGustaf Dalén – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1912, the speech was held by his brother, A. Dalén (in Swedish) Eders K. Höghet! Mina damer och herrar! Då min broder, ingenjör Dalén, som erhållit årets Nobelpris i fysik, tyvärr af sjukdom varit hindrad att närvara vid prisutdelningen…
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