1956

Banquet speech

William B. Shockley’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1956 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen: When I accepted yesterday the honor of responding for the recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physics, I did not fully realize that I was undertaking one of the most difficult of all speaking…

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Banquet speech

Sir Cyril Hinshelwood’s Address to the University Students on the Evening of December 10, 1956 May it please Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Students of Stockholm. Replying to this toast is a great responsibility for two reasons. On the one hand I have to speak for colleagues in a variety of different subjects and from…

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Banquet speech

Nikolay Semenov’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1956 (Translation) Sire, Madame, Altesses Royales, Excellences, Mesdames et messieurs, Qu’il me soit permis d’exprimer ici, au nom de Sir Hinshelwood et personnellement, la profonde et cordiale reconnaissance qu’éveillent en nous le grand honneur d’avoir été désignés pour le prix de chimie de 1956,…

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