Nobel Prize

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…

Wilhelm Wien’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1911 (in German) Königliche Hoheiten, meine verehrten Damen und Herren! Für uns, die wir den Nobel-Preis erhalten haben, wird das erste Gefühl ein tiefer Dank sein, aber wir werden auch Veranlassung haben, unsere eigne Stellung zu den Arbeiten, die mit dem Preise gekrönt sind,…

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1911 On the Laws of Thermal Radiation The kind recognition which my work on thermal radiation has received in the views of your ancient and famous Academy of Sciences gives me particular pleasure to speak to you about this subject which is again attracting the attention of all physicists because of…

Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1910 The Equation of State for Gases and Liquids Pdf 157 kB

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Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1909 Wireless Telegraphic Communication Pdf 464 kB

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1909 Electrical Oscillations and Wireless Telegraphy Pdf 238 kB

Guglielmo Marconi’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1909 Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen I thank Mr. Hildebrand for the very kind but too flattering remarks that he has made of myself and of my work in Wireless Telegraphy. I believe that one perhaps of the least thought of…

Nobel Lecture, December 14, 1908 Colour Photography The problem of direct colour photography has been facing us since the turn of the last century. Edmond Becquerel, as is known, gave a first solution though only an imperfect one. Becquerel showed that the colours of the image of the dark room print on a layer of…