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Frits Zernike was born in Amsterdam, 16th July 1888, as the second son in a family of six children. His father, Carl Frederick August Zernike, was teacher in mathematics and head of a primary school in Amsterdam, and was a highly gifted man having interests in many branches of science; he compiled numerous elementary books…

As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1953, the speech was read by Lady Churchill «The Nobel Prize in Literature is an honour for me alike unique and unexpected and I grieve that my duties have not allowed me to receive it…

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Selected Works The Story of the Malakand Field Force : An Episode of Frontier War. – Longmans, Green, 1898 The River War : An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan. – 2 vol. – Longmans, Green, 1899 Savrola : a Tale of the Revolution in Laurania. – Longmans, Green, 1900 Lord Randolph Churchill.…

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Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1953 How I Discovered Phase Contrast Pdf 56 kB

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1953 Essentials to Peace I I have been greatly and surprisingly honored in the past twenty-four hours, and in return I have been requested to speak here tonight. While no subject has been suggested, it is quite evident that the cause of peace is preeminent in your minds. Discussions without end…

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1953 Macromolecular Chemistry Pdf 244 kB

Hermann Staudinger’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1953 (in German) Majestät, Königliche Hoheiten, Excellenzen, Hochansehnliche Festversammlung, Durch das Vermächtnis Alfred Nobels sind dank der grossen Bemühungen der Königlich Schwedischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und des Karolinischen Institutes Verbindungen unter den Wissenschaftlern der verschiedensten Länder hergestellt worden, die auf Grund ihrer wissenschaftlichen Leistungen…