Makoto Kobayashi
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Makoto Kobayashi receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2008.
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Photo: Hans Mehlin
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Makoto Kobayashi after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2008.
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Photo: Hans Mehlin
3 (of 14) Makoto Kobayashi delivering his banquet speech
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4 (of 14) The 2008 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo during their visit to the Nobel Foundation, 12 December 2008. Back row, left to right: Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Osamu Shimomura and Martin Chalfie, Nobel Laureate in Literature Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, Economics Laureate Paul Krugman and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Harald zur Hausen. Front row, left to right: Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Roger Y. Tsien, Nobel Laureates in Physics Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier.
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Makoto Kobayashi (second from left) during the Nobel Foundation reception at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, 9 December 2008.
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Photo: Frida Westholm
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Makoto Kobayashi delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2008.
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Photo: Annalisa Andersson
7 (of 14) Makoto Kobayashi, like many Nobel Laureates before him, autographs a chair at Kafé Satir at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2008.
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8 (of 14) Makoto Kobayashi at a press conference at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Japan, after the announcement of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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9 (of 14) Makoto Kobayashi is greeted with flowers by colleagues at KEK.
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10 (of 14) Makoto Kobayashi (left) and Toshihide Maskawa (right), 2008 Nobel Laureates in Physics.
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11 (of 14) Dr Kobayashi (left) and Dr Maskawa (right), 26 September 2001.
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12 (of 14) The Belle Detector, which contributed to the confirmation of Kobayashi and Maskawa's theory.
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13 (of 14) Makoto Kobayashi at a study room at Kyoto University.
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14 (of 14) Makoto Kobayashi in grade-school years.
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