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2 (of 17) Saul Perlmutter after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2011. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2011
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3 (of 17) Saul Perlmutter with his wife Laura Nelson and daughter Noa after the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony, 10 December 2011.

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4 (of 17) Saul Perlmutter arrives at the Nobel Banquet accompanied by Dr Nadia Sherline, wife of Medicine Laureate Bruce A. Beutler. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2011
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5 (of 17) Saul Perlmutter and Queen Silvia of Sweden at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2011. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2011
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6 (of 17) Saul Perlmutter delivering his banquet speech. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2011
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7 (of 17) Eleven of the thirteen 2011 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo during their visit to the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, 12 December 2011. Back row, left to right: Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Tawakkol Karman and Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Laureates in Physics Brian P. Schmidt, Saul Perlmutter and Adam G. Riess, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Dan Shechtman and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Bruce A. Beutler. Front row, left to right: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Laureate in Economic Sciences Christopher A. Sims, Nobel Laureate in Literature Tomas Tranströmer and Laureate in Economic Sciences Thomas J. Sargent.

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8 (of 17) Recording of Nobel Media's TV-program 'Nobel Minds', hosted by Zeinab Badawi, BBC World News, in the Bernadotte Library at the Royal Palace, 9 December 2011.

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9 (of 17) Saul Perlmutter at Nobel Media's recording of the TV-program Nobel Minds in the Bernadotte Library at the Royal Palace, 9 December 2011.

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10 (of 17) Saul Perlmutter delivering his Nobel Lecture at Aula Magna, Stockholm University, on 8 December 2011. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2011
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11 (of 17) Saul Perlmutter (left) and Brian P. Schmidt (right) during their interview with Nobelprize.org on 6 December 2011. Copyright © Nobel Media 2011
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12 (of 17) Like many Nobel Laureates before him, Saul Perlmutter autographs a chair at Bistro Nobel at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2011. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2011
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13 (of 17) Saul Perlmutter in his office, surrounded by journalists, after the announcement of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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14 (of 17) Saul Perlmutter and his Supernova Cosmology Project (SCP) team.

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15 (of 17) Saul Perlmutter lecturing at the 2002 Berkeley Lab (LBNL) Open House.

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16 (of 17) Saul Perlmutter pictured with a view of the supernova 1987a in the background.

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17 (of 17) Saul Perlmutter with a telescope. Photo taken in 1992.

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