Chemistry

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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Banquet speech

Vincent du Vigneaud’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1955 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: I wish to express to you my deep appreciation for the honor that you have bestowed upon me by the Nobel Award. This honor is without question the most signal honor that…

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Banquet speech

Linus Pauling’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1954 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is a great honor to be chosen as the recipient of a Nobel Prize; not only a great honor, but a great pleasure, and, speaking not only for myself but also for my…

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