1996
Pressmeddelande: Nobelpriset i fysik 1996
Press release
Swedish 9 oktober 1996 har beslutat att utdela 1996 års Nobelpris i fysik gemensamt till Professor David M. Lee, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, Professor Douglas D. Osheroff, Stanford University, Stanford, Kalifornien, USA och Professor Robert C. Richardson, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, för upptäckten av suprafluiditet i helium-3. Ett genombrott inom lågtemperaturfysiken…
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Press release
English 9 October 1996 has decided to award the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics to Professor David M. Lee, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, Professor Douglas D. Osheroff, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA and Professor Robert C. Richardson, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA for their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3. A breakthrough in…
moreRobert C. Richardson – Biographical
Biographical
I was born on June 26, 1937 in Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. My parents, Lois Price Richardson and Robert Franklin Richardson, lived in Arlington, VA. My sister and only sibling, Addie Ann Richardson, was born on May 6, 1939, also in Georgetown University Hospital. My earliest memories are of the apartment building in…
moreAward ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Professor Carl Nordling of the . Translation of the Swedish text Your Majesties, Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, The air that we breathe not only contains oxygen and nitrogen, but also small quantities of other gases. One of these – often mentioned in connection with the global greenhouse effect – is…
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