J. Michael Kosterlitz
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1 (of 13) J. Michael Kosterlitz receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2016.
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2 (of 13) Portrait of Michael Kosterlitz.Photo: Brown University
Portrait of Michael Kosterlitz.Photo: Brown University
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All thre Physics Laureates at the stage. From left: David J. Thouless, F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz. Far right: Chemistry Laureate Jean-Pierre Sauvage.
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4 (of 13) Overview from the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2016.
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Mrs Berit Kosterlitz gives her husband a hug after the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony.
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Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and J. Michael Kosterlitz at the table of honour at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2016.
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J. Michael Kosterlitz takes a closer look at his Nobel Medal during his visit to the Nobel Foundation on 12 December 2016. On this occasion, the Laureates retrieve the Nobel diploma and Medal, which have been displayed in the Golden Hall of the City Hall following the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony. The Laureates also discuss the details concerning the transfer of their prize money.
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Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
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J. Michael Kosterlitz showing his Nobel Medal.
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Nine of the eleven Nobel Laureates of 2016 assembled at the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm on 12 December 2016. From left: Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J. Michael Kosterlitz, David J. Thouless, Oliver Hart, F. Duncan M. Haldane, Bengt Holmström, Bernard L. Feringa, Yoshinori Ohsumi and Sir J. Fraser Stoddart.
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Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
10 (of 13) Like many Nobel Laureates before him, J. Michael Kosterlitz autographs a chair at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2016.
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12 (of 13) Celebrations in the physics department at Brown University following the news of Michael Kosterlitz's Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Professor Kosterlitz attended via videolink as he is currently a visiting fellow at Aalto University in Finland.
Photo: Nick Dentamaro/Brown University
13 (of 13) Michael Kosterlitz in his youth at the University of Cambridge, Gonville & Caius College, taken during Michaelmas Term 1962
Photo: Courtesy Gonville & Caius College Archive, University of Cambridge
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