Photo Gallery

Makoto Kobayashi receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2008. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2008 Photo: Hans Mehlin

 

Makoto Kobayashi after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2008. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2008 Photo: Hans Mehlin

 

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. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2008 Photo: Mia Åkermark

 

Makoto Kobayashi (second from left) during the Nobel Foundation reception at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, 9 December 2008. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2008 Photo: Frida Westholm

 

Makoto Kobayashi delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2008. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2008 Photo: Annalisa Andersson

 

Makoto Kobayashi, like many Nobel Laureates before him, autographs a chair at Kafé Satir at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2008. Copyright © The Nobel Museum 2008 Photo: Christine Olsson

 

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. Photo: Courtesy of KEK

 

Makoto Kobayashi is greeted with flowers by colleagues at KEK. Photo: Courtesy of KEK

 

Makoto Kobayashi (left) and Toshihide Maskawa (right), 2008 Nobel Laureates in Physics. Photo: Courtesy of KEK

 

Dr Kobayashi (left) and Dr Maskawa (right), 26 September 2001. Photo: Courtesy of KEK

 

The Belle Detector, which contributed to the confirmation of Kobayashi and Maskawa's theory. Photo: Courtesy of KEK

 

Makoto Kobayashi at a study room at Kyoto University. Photo: Courtesy of KEK

 

Makoto Kobayashi in grade-school years. Photo: Courtesy of KEK