Kip S. Thorne
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1 (of 11) Kip S. Thorne receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2017.
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2 (of 11) Kip S. Thorne after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2017.
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All thre Physics Laureates at the stage. From left: Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne.
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4 (of 11) Overview from the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2017.
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5 (of 11) Kip S. Thorne and Princess Christina of Sweden at the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 2017.
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6 (of 11) Physics laureate Kip S. Thorne takes to the dance floor in the Golden Hall after the banquet dinner.
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7 (of 11) 2017 laureates assembled at the Nobel Foundation during Nobel Week on 12 December 2017. Back row: chemistry laureate Jacques Dubochet, physics laureate Barry C. Barish medicine laureates Michael W. Young and Michael Rosbash, physics laureate Kip S. Thorne and chemistry laureate Joachim Frank. Front row: medicine laureate Jeffrey C. Hall, representatives of peace laureate ICAN Beatrice Fihn and Josefin Lind, Richard H. Thaler, chemistry laureate Richard Henderson and physics laureate Rainer Weiss.
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8 (of 11) Kip Thorne is overcome with emotion while looking at the image and signature of fellow laureate Albert Einstein.
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9 (of 11) Kip S. Thorne showing his Nobel Prize medal during a visit to the Nobel Foundation on 13 December 2017.
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Kip S. Thorne arrives at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, for the 2017 Nobel Laureates' Get together on 6 December 2017.
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11 (of 11) Like many laureates before him, Kip S. Thorne signed a chair at the laureates' get together at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on 6 December 2017.
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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.
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