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I was born in Nagoya, Japan on April 7, 1944. As it was in the middle of the Second World War, I was evacuated to Kawagoe Village in Mie Prefecture the following year to escape the aerial bombardment over Nagoya. Soon after the war ended, my father passed away. As I was only two years…

I was born in 1940 as the second child in a family living in Nagoya, a city with a population of around a million inhabitants. My older sister died of tuberculosis before entering elementary school and so I was an only child until my second sister, who is seven years younger than me, was born…

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English Presentation Speech by Professor Professor Lars Brink, Member of the , Member of the Nobel Committee for Physics, 10 December 2008 Professor Lars Brink delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, “The Earth is round.”…

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Swedish Presentationstal av Professor Lars Brink, ledamot av ; ledamot av Nobelkommittén för fysik, 10 December 2008 Professor Lars Brink presenterar Nobelpriset i fysik 2008 i Stockholms Konserthus. Eders Majestäter, Eders Kungliga Högheter, mina damer och herrar. Jorden är rund. Denna enkla mening rymmer så mycket. Den visar att vi människor ser objekten…

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