This year's Nobel Prize winner in physics, Alexei A. Abrikosov from Argonne National Laboratory is seen during a news conference in Stockholm on December 7, 2003. Abrikosov received the prize for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids. 

THIS YEAR'S NOBEL PRIZE WINNER IN PHYSICS, ALEXEI A. ABRIKOSOV FROM
ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY ARGONNE IS SEEN DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE IN
STOCKHOLM. 

A combination of three pictures shows this year's Nobel Prize winners
in physics, Vitaly L. Ginzburg from P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute,
Moscow (L), Anthony J. Leggett from University of Illinois Urbana (C)
and Alexei A. Abrikosov from Argonne National Laboratory Argonne,
during a news conference in Stockholm on December 7, 2003. The three
scientists received the prize for pioneering contributions to the
theory of superconductors and superfluids. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

MAD/CRB 

U.S. President George W. Bush participates in a photo opportunity with
the 2003 recipients of the Nobel Award from the U.S. in the Oval Office
of the White House, November 17, 2003. From L-R, Roderick MacKinnon,
Chemistry, Anthony Leggett, Physics, Robert Engle, Economic Sciences,
Bush, Alexei Abrikosov, Physics, Peter Agree, Chemistry, and Paul
Lauterbur, Physiology/Medicine. REUTERS/Larry Downing

LSD 

Vitaly Ginzburg, joint winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Physics, speaks at his research institute after his award was announced in Moscow, October 7, 2003. Ginzburg, 87, won the award with fellow [Russian Alexei Abrikosov and Briton Anthony Leggett] for their theories explaining the nature of matter at very low temperatures.