Chemistry

Banquet speech

Otto Diels’ speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1950 (in German) Hochansehnliche Festversammlung! Auch ich möchte den Gefühlen des Stolzes und des Dankes für die mir erwiesene hohe Auszeichnung Ausdruck verleihen! Ich danke Sr. Majestät, König Gustav VI Adolf, der Kgl. Schwedischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und ganz besonders der Nobelstiftung! Herr Prof.…

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The Nobel Prize laureates are required “to give a lecture on a subject connected with the work for which the prize has been awarded according to the Nobel Foundation statutes. The lecture should be given before, or no later than six months after, the Nobel Prize award ceremony, which takes place in Stockholm or, in…

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Interview

Interview transcript [Adam Smith] Oh hello, my names Adam Smith, calling from Nobelprize.org, the official website of the Nobel Prize in Stockholm [TL] Hello. [AS] Hello. Many congratulations on the award of the Nobel Prize. [TL] Thanks very much. [AS] Could you tell me, how did…

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Interview

Transcript of the interview [Paul Modrich] Hello. [Adam Smith] Hello, this is Adam Smith. So where am I calling you? [PM] We’re in New Hampshire. We have a little cabin in the woods in New Hampshire and we’re on vacation. Our last day is actually tomorrow. So this was…

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Biographical

Ancestry “On 11 March 1890, a five-hour banquet for hundreds of invited guests was held in the festive chamber of the Berlin City Hall. A festival of a magnificence perhaps unparalleled in the history of science … The vast chandeliered room was decorated with palm trees and laurel leaves, and one end was dominated by…

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Award ceremony speech

Swedish Presentationstal av professor Olof Ramström, ledamot av , ledamot av Nobelkommittén för kemi, 10 december 2016. Eders Majestäter. Eders Kungliga Högheter. Ärade Pristagare. Mina Damer och Herrar. Den mänskliga utvecklingen är starkt förknippad med maskiner. Dessa har hjälpt oss…

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