Riccardo Giacconi
Photo gallery
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Riccardo Giacconi receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2002.
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Riccardo Giacconi after receiving his Nobel
Prize from His Majesty the King at the Stockholm Concert
Hall.
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Photo: Hans Mehlin
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The Nobel Laureates assembled at the Stockholm Concert Hall (front row). Riccardo Giacconi is third from left. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2002
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4 (of 6) Riccardo Giacconi delivering his banquet speech.
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The 2002 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo. Back row from left: John E. Sulston, Daniel Kahneman, Kurt Wüthrich, Raymond Davis Jr., Masatoshi Koshiba, H. Robert Horvitz and Imre Kertész. Front row from left: Sydney Brenner, Koichi Tanaka, Jimmy Carter, Riccardo Giacconi and Vernon L. Smith. John B. Fenn is missing in photo.
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Photo: Hans Mehlin
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Left to right: Ricardo Giacconi, Masatoshi Koshiba
and Raymond Davis Jr. at the interview
in Stockholm, 12 December 2002.
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Photo: Hans Mehlin
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.