Koichi Tanaka
Photo gallery
Koichi Tanaka receiving his Nobel Prize
from His Majesty the King at the Stockholm Concert Hall.
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Photo: Hans Mehlin
Koichi Tanaka after receiving his Nobel Prize
from His Majesty the King at the Stockholm Concert Hall.
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Photo: Hans Mehlin
The Nobel Laureates assembled at the Stockholm Concert Hall (front row). Kurt Wüthrich is sixth from left. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2002
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Koichi Tanaka with wife at the Stockholm Concert Hall, showing his Nobel Prize Medal.
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The 2002 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo. Back row from left: John E. Sulston, Daniel Kahneman, Kurt Wüthrich, Raymond Davis Jr., Masatoshi Koshiba, H. Robert Horvitz and Imre Kertész. Front row from left: Sydney Brenner, Koichi Tanaka, Jimmy Carter, Riccardo Giacconi and Vernon L. Smith. John B. Fenn is missing in photo.
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Koichi Tanaka at the interview with science writer Joanna Rose in Stockholm, 12 December 2002.
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Photo: Hans Mehlin
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
See them all presented here.