Adam G. Riess
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1 (of 20) Adam G. Riess receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2011.
Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2011, Photo: Lina Göransson
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Adam G. Riess after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2011.
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Adam G. Riess arrives at the Nobel Banquet accompanied by Dr Danièle Hoffmann, wife of Medicine Laureate Jules A. Hoffmann.
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Adam G. Riess at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2011.
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Brian P. Schmidt (right), Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (middle) and Physics Laureate Adam G. Riess (left) at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2011.
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Brian P. Schmidt, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (left) and Professor Laura Nelson, wife of Physics Laureate Saul Perlmutter (right), at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2011.
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7 (of 20) Eleven of the thirteen 2011 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo during their visit to the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, 12 December 2011. Back row, left to right: Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Tawakkol Karman and Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Laureates in Physics Brian P. Schmidt, Saul Perlmutter and Adam G. Riess, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Dan Shechtman and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Bruce A. Beutler. Front row, left to right: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Laureate in Economic Sciences Christopher A. Sims, Nobel Laureate in Literature Tomas Tranströmer and Laureate in Economic Sciences Thomas J. Sargent.
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8 (of 20) Recording of Nobel Media's TV-program 'Nobel Minds', hosted by Zeinab Badawi, BBC World News, in the Bernadotte Library at the Royal Palace, 9 December 2011.
Photo: Claes Löfgren Copyright Nobel Media AB 2011
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9 (of 20) Adam G. Riess at Nobel Media's recording of the TV-program 'Nobel Minds' in the Bernadotte Library at the Royal Palace, 9 December 2011.
Photo: Claes Löfgren Copyright Nobel Media AB 2011
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Adam G. Riess delivering his Nobel Lecture at Aula Magna, Stockholm University, on 8 December 2011.
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Adam G. Riess together with his wife Nancy Joy Riess and their two children Noah and Gabrielle at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2011.
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12 (of 20) Portrait of Adam G. Riess.
Photo: W. Kirk (The Johns Hopkins University) and STScI
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13 (of 20) Amid a backdrop of far-off galaxies, spiral galaxy NGC 3370 looms in the foreground. It lies about 100 million light-years away toward the constellation Leo, and is also home to a supernova seen in 1994 in the NASA Hubble Space Telescope.
Photo: NASA, The Hubble Heritage Team and A. Riess (STScI)
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14 (of 20) Adam Riess arriving at the parking lot at Johns Hopkins University after the announcement of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Photo: Will Kirk, Johns Hopkins University Gazette
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15 (of 20) Adam Riess, 2011 Nobel Laureate in Physics, surrounded by reporters and news media outside Johns Hopkins University.
Photo: Will Kirk, Johns Hopkins University Gazette
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16 (of 20) Adam Riess, right, is congratulated by colleagues after the announcement of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Photo: Will Kirk, Johns Hopkins University Gazette
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17 (of 20) Adam Riess celebrating with a glass champagne with colleague Dan Reich.
Photo: Will Kirk, Johns Hopkins University Gazette
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18 (of 20) A happy Adam Riess, left, with his wife Nancy and colleague Dan Reich.
Photo: Will Kirk, Johns Hopkins University Gazette
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19 (of 20) Colleagues at Johns Hopkins University proposing a toast for Adam Riess, 2011 Nobel Laureate in Physics.
Photo: Will Kirk, Johns Hopkins University Gazette
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20 (of 20) Adam Riess, center, is congratulated by colleagues Julian Krolik and Charles Bennett after the announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Photo: Will Kirk, Johns Hopkins University Gazette
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.
