Physics
Walter H. Brattain – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Walther Bothe and the Physics Institute: the early years of nuclear physics
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The first third of the 20th century was a period of major revolutionary developments in physics. It began with d tearing down the reigning paradigm of Newtonian physics. Milestones in experimental work on the atom by the likes of , Hans Geiger, and soon followed. During the 1920s, , , , , and others laid…
moreClifford G. Shull – Biographical
Biographical
I was born on September 23, 1915 to my parents, David H. and Daisy B. Shull, in the section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known as Glenwood, which obviously relates to their selection of my middle name. I was preceded by an older sister, Evalyn May, and an older brother, Perry Leo, so that I grew up…
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George E. Smith – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, First, Willard Boyle and I would like to sincerely thank the Nobel Committee and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for bestowing this great honor upon us. I am sure that Bill will agree with me that it comes as the supreme highpoint of…
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