Yoichiro Nambu
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A ceremony to present the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics to Yoichiro Nambu was held at The International House in Chicago, 10 December 2008.
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Yoichiro Nambu, second from left, at the award ceremony at The International House in Chicago, 10 December 2008.
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Yoichiro Nambu delivers his speech at the award ceremony at The International House in Chicago, 10 December 2008.
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Yoichiro Nambu (right) receiving his Nobel Prize from Swedish Ambassador Jonas Hafström (left) at a ceremony at The International House in Chicago, 10 December 2008.
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Yoichiro Nambu with his Nobel Medal.
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Yoichiro Nambu shows his Nobel Medal at The International House in Chicago, 10 December 2008.
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A toast for the new Nobel Laureate. From left: Swedish Ambassador Jonas Hafström, University of Chicago President Robert J. Zimmer, University of Chicago Provost Thomas Rosenbaum and Nobel Laureate Yoichiro Nambu.
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Yoichiro Nambu, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2008.
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Portrait of Yoichiro Nambu.
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Nobel Laureate Yoichiro Nambu being filmed by the press.
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Yoichiro Nambu at a press conference at the University of Chicago.
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Yoichiro Nambu at a press conference.
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James Cronin (left), 1980 Nobel Laureate in Physics, greets Nobel Laureate Yoichiro Nambu.
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Yoichiro Nambu speaks to the media on the morning he was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Yoichiro Nambu, June 2007.
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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.
