Thomas R. Cech
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1 (of 8) Thomas R. Cech after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 1989.
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2 (of 8) Laureates assembled at the Nobel Prize award ceremony in the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1989: Physics laureates Norman F. Ramsey, Hans G. Dehmelt and Wolfgang Paul, chemistry laureates Sidney Altman and Thomas R. Cech, medicine laureates J. Michael Bishop and Harold E. Varmus, literature laureate Camilo José Cela and economic sciences laureate Trygve Haavelmo.
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3 (of 8) Chemistry laureates Sidney Altman and Thomas R. Cech, medicine laureates J. Michael Bishop and Harold E. Varmus, literature laureate Camilo José Cela and economic sciences laureate Trygve Haavelmo at the 1989 Nobel Prize award ceremony.
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4 (of 8) Thomas R. Cech showing his Nobel Diploma after the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 1989.
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5 (of 8) Thomas R. Cech arrives to the Nobel Prize banquet at the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1989.
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6 (of 8) The Nobel Prize banquet at the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1989. Chemistry laureate Thomas R. Cech and his daughter take to the dance floor.
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7 (of 8) Thomas R. Cech with his wife and daughters during Nobel Week in Stockholm, December 1989.
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8 (of 8) Nine of the ten Nobel Prize laureates of 1989 assembled at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm in December 1989. Back row: J. Michael Bishop, Sidney Altman, Harold E. Varmus, Thomas R. Cech, Wolfgang Paul and Hans G. Dehmelt. Front row: Norman F. Ramsey, Camilo José Cela and Trygve Haavelmo.
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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.
