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Born May 11, 1924 • Fowey • England
Died September 13, 2021 (aged 97)
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1974)
Subjects Of Study pulsar
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Vitaly Ginzburg
Russian physicist
Sir Martin Ryle.
Sir Martin Ryle
British astronomer
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Kip Thorne
American physicist
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Joseph H. Taylor, Jr.
American astronomer
Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
American astronomer
Hannes Alfvén
Hannes Alfvén
Swedish physicist
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Russell Alan Hulse
American physicist
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Arno Penzias
American astrophysicist
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Robert Woodrow Wilson
American astronomer
John C. Mather
John C. Mather
American physicist
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William Fowler
American astrophysicist
George Smoot, 2006
George Smoot
American physicist
P.A.M. Dirac
P.A.M. Dirac
English physicist
J.J. Thomson
J.J. Thomson
British physicist
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
Lord Rayleigh
British scientist
Bragg, Sir Lawrence
Sir Lawrence Bragg
British physicist
Sir William Bragg
Sir William Bragg
British physicist
Max Born
Max Born
German physicist
James Chadwick
James Chadwick
British physicist
John Clarke
John Clarke
English physicist