David J. Thouless
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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.
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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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Photo: Pi Frisk
3 (of 7) Overview from the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2016.
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David J. Thouless with his wife Mrs Margaret Thouless showing the Nobel Medal during a visit to the Nobel Foundation on 12 December 2016.
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Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
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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
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Like many Nobel Laureates before him, David J. Thouless autographs a chair at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2016.
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Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
7 (of 7) Nobel Laureate David J. Thouless and the autographed chair at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm.
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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.