All laureates assembled at the Nobel Prize award ceremony in the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1996. From left: physics laureates David M. Lee, Douglas D. Osheroff and Robert C. Richardson, chemistry laureates Robert F. Curl Jr., Sir Harold W. Kroto and Richard E. Smalley, medicine laureates Peter C. Doherty and Rolf M. Zinkernagel, literature laureate Wislawa Szymborska and economic sciences laureate James A. Mirrlees.

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David M. Lee, Robert C. Richardson and Douglas D. Osheroff at a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1996.

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Robert C. Richardson at a press cenference, 1996.

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From left: David M. Lee, Robert C. Richardson, Douglas D. Osheroff, Robert F. Curl Jr and Sir Harold Kroto during a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, December 1996.

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Robert C. Richardson photographed during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden, December 1996.

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Douglas D. Osheroff, Robert C. Richardson and David M. Lee photographed during Nobel Week, December 1996.

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Ten Nobel Laureates of 1996 assembled in Stockholm in December 1996. Back row: Sir Harold W. Kroto, Douglas D. Osheroff, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, James A. Mirrlees, Robert F. Curl Jr. and Richard E. Smalley. Front row: Peter C. Doherty, Wisława Szymborska, David M. Lee and Robert C. Richardson.

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Nine Nobel Laureates of 1996 assembled in Stockholm in December 1996. Back row: Sir Harold W. Kroto, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Richard E. Smalley. Peter C. Doherty, Douglas D. Osheroff. Front row: James A. Mirrlees, Robert F. Curl Jr., David M. Lee and Robert C. Richardson.

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Professor Robert C. Richardson with freelance journalist Marika Griehsel during an interview at the 54th meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany, 2004. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2004
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