2009

Award ceremony speech

English Presentation Speech by Professor Anders Olsson, Member of the , 10 December 2009. Professor Anders Olsson delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, Some literature reveals its deep qualities slowly, step by step. Other literature…

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Press release

Swedish 6 oktober 2009 har beslutat utdela Nobelpriset i fysik 2009 med ena hälften till Charles K. KaoStandard Telecommunication Laboratories, Harlow, Storbritannien och Chinese University of Hong Kong “för banbrytande insatser angående ljustransmission i fibrer för optisk kommunikation” och med den andra hälften gemensamt till Willard S. Boyle och George E. SmithBell Laboratories, Murray Hill,…

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Press release

English 6 October 2009 has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2009 with one half to Charles K. KaoStandard Telecommunication Laboratories, Harlow, UK, and Chinese University of Hong Kong “for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication” and the other half jointly to Willard S. Boyle and…

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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009 The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics honors three scientists, who have had important roles in shaping modern information technology, with one half to Charles Kuen Kao and with Willard Sterling Boyle and George Elwood Smith sharing the other half. Kao’s discoveries have paved the way for optical fiber technology,…

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