Toshihide Maskawa
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Toshihide Maskawa 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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Toshihide Maskawa after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2008.
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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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Toshihide Maskawa (right) in conversation with Professor Taichi Kugo (left), a colleague from Kyoto University, during the Nobel Foundation reception at the Nordic Museum, Stockholm, 9 December 2008.
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Toshihide Maskawa (second from right) with his wife Akiko (far right), Toyoko Tsugane-Reinius (far left) and Professor Taichi Kugo (second from left) during the Nobel Foundation reception at the Nordic Museum, Stockholm, 9 December 2008.
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Toshihide Maskawa delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2008.
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Toshihide Maskawa, 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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Portrait of Toshihide Maskawa.
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Toshihide Maskawa at a press conference at the Kyoto Sangyo University.
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Toshihide Maskawa, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2008.
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Toshihide Maskawa at a press conference at the Kyoto Sangyo University.
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Makoto Kobayashi (left) and Toshihide Maskawa (right), 2008 Nobel Laureates in Physics.
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Dr Kobayashi (left) and Dr Maskawa (right), 26 September 2001.
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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.
