Nobel Prize & Bruce Medal Info



2011 Nobel Prize Winners

"for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae."
Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt, Adam G. Riess
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  • The Nobel Prize in Physics
    Listing of winners and brief biographies from 1901 to present
  • The Nobel Foundation
    The official site of The Nobel foundation by the Royal Swedish Academy of Science

    2011 Bruce Medal Winner

    Jeremiah Paul Ostriker
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  • The Bruce Medalists
    Brief biographies of astronomers awarded the Bruce medal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, many with portraits.

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