William E. Moerner
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William E. Moerner receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2014.
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2 (of 24) William E. Moerner after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2014.
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William E. Moerner receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
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Nobel Laureates at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony. From left: Physics Laureates Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura; Chemistry Laureates Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner; Medicine Laureates John O'Keefe and May-Britt Moser.
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William E. Moerner receiving his Nobel Prize. Overview from Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2014.
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William E. Moerner with his wife, Mrs Sharon Stein Moerner, on stage after the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall.
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William E. Moerner with family and relatives on stage after the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2014.
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8 (of 24) Princess Christina of Sweden and William E. Moerner at the table of honour at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2014.
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Princess Christina of Sweden and William E. Moerner at the table of honour.
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10 (of 24) The Swedish Royal Family receive the Laureates and their significant others in the Prince's Gallery after the Nobel Banquet. From left to right: Dr Sharon Stein Moerner, Nobel Laureate William E. Moerner, Dr Na Ji, Nobel Laureate Eric Betzig, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Her Majesty Queen Silvia, Nobel Laureate Stefan W. Hell and Professor Anna Kathrin Hell.
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William E. Moerner surrounded by relatives during the Nobel Foundation reception at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, 9 December 2014.
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Ten of the thirteen Nobel Laureates of 2014 assembled at the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm on 12 December 2014. From left: Edvard I. Moser, May-Britt Moser, Shuji Nakamura, Stefan W. Hell, Patrick Modiano, Hiroshi Amano, Kailash Satyarthi, Jean Tirole, Eric Betzig and William E. Moerner.
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Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
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William E. Moerner autgraphing posters during the Nobel Foundation reception at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, 9 December 2014.
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14 (of 24) All three Chemistry Laureates assembled at stage after the Nobel Lectures in the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, on 8 December 2014. From left: Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner.
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15 (of 24) Press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on 7 December 2014. From left: Laureate in Economic Sciences Jean Tirole, Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Eric Betzig, William E. Moerner, Stefan W. Hell, Nobel Laureates in Physics Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura.
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16 (of 24) All three Chemistry Laureates assembled at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on 7 December 2014. From left: Stefan W. Hell, William E. Moerner and Eric Betzig.
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17 (of 24) All three Chemistry Laureates signing posters at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on 7 December 2014.
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18 (of 24) Like many Nobel Laureates before him, William E. Moerner autographs a chair at Bistro Nobel at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2014.
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19 (of 24) All three Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, from left: Stefan W. Hell, Eric Betzig and William E. Moerner, with their autographed chair in Bistro Nobel at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2014.
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William E. Moerner presenting his gift to the Nobel Museum's collection: a low temperature apparatus from 1989, for detecting single molecules, during the 2014 Nobel Laureates' Get together on 6 December 2014.
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William E. Moerner's hand-written label on the gift to the Nobel Museum.
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All three Nobel Laureates in Chemistry assembled at the Nobel Museum. From left: Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner.
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William E. Moerner arriving at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, for the 2014 Nobel Laureates' Get together on 6 December 2014.
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24 (of 24) William E. Moerner in the laboratory.
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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.