Laureates on stage at the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1992. From left: physics laureate Georges Charpak, chemistry laureate Rudolph A. Marcus, medicine laureates Edmond H. Fischer and Edwin G. Krebs.

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1992 Nobel Prize laureates on stage at the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1992. From left: physics laureate Georges Charpak, chemistry laureate Rudolph A. Marcus, medicine laureates Edmond H. Fischer and Edwin G. Krebs, literature laureate Derek Walcott and laureate in economic sciences Gary S. Becker

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Georges Charpak with his young relatives after the Nobel Prize award ceremony in the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1992.

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Georges Charpak and Sweden's Queen Silvia at the Nobel Prize banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, Sweden, on 10 December 1992.

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Georges Charpak delivering his speech of thanks at the Nobel Prize banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, Sweden, on 10 December 1992.

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Physics laureate Georges Charpak, chemistry laureate Rudolph A. Marcus and laureate in economic sciences Gary S. Becker photographed during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden, December 1992.

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