Prize announcement
Announcement of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics to David J. Gross, H. David Politzer and Frank Wilczek, presented by Professor Gunnar Öquist, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on 5 October 2004.
Interview
The announcement was followed by an interview with Professor Lars Bergström, Secretary of the Nobel Committee for Physics, about the 2004 Nobel Laureates in Physics. The interviewer was Eva Krutmeijer, Head of Information at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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.
See them all presented here.
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