Physics
Hans G. Dehmelt – Biographical
Biographical
My father, Georg, had studied law at the Universität Berlin for some years, and in the first World War had been an artillery officer. He was of a philosophical bend of mind and a man of independent opinions. In the depth of the depression he just managed to make a living in real estate. When…
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F. Duncan M. Haldane – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellences, Dear Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen: On behalf of David Thouless, Michael Kosterlitz, and myself, I would like to thank Your Majesties, the Nobel Foundation, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for honoring our early work on “Topological Phase Transitions” and “Topological Phases of Matter”. The…
moreDavid J. Thouless – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture