Walter Kohn
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Walter Kohn receiving his Nobel Prize
from His Majesty the King at the Stockholm Concert Hall 1999
(a year later).
Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 1999
Photo: Hans Mehlin
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Walter Kohn received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1999. Here all Nobel Laureates are onstage for the 1999 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony. Walter Kohn is fourth from left.
Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 1999
Photo: Hans Mehlin
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