Dennis Gabor [1971 Nobel Prize for Physics]

Summary form only given, as follows. The 1971 Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to Dennis Gabor "for his invention and developmenotf the holographic method." In the short papebre ginning on the next page, E.N. Leith reflects on Gabor\´s great achievement of a quarter century ago and on subsequent developments in holography. Leith\´s remarks serve as an introduction to Gabor\´s Nobel Laureate address, which is published with the permission of the Nobel Foundation.