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1 (of 7) David J. Thouless receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2016. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2016
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2 (of 7) 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. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2016
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3 (of 7) Overview from the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2016. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2016
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4 (of 7) David J. Thouless with his wife Mrs Margaret Thouless showing the Nobel Medal during a visit to the Nobel Foundation on 12 December 2016. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2016
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5 (of 7) 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. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2016
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6 (of 7) Like many Nobel Laureates before him, David J. Thouless autographs a chair at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2016. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2016
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7 (of 7) Nobel Laureate David J. Thouless and the autographed chair at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm.

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