Gruber Prize in Cosmology

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Gruber Prize in Cosmology

HONOR

"The Cosmology Prize honors a leading cosmologist, astronomer, astrophysicist or scientific philosopher for theoretical, analytical, or conceptual discoveries leading to fundamental advances in the field." Co-sponsored since 2001 by the Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation and the International Astronomical Union.

Official Website:
http://www.gruberprizes.org/

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Alan Guth Physicist 27-Feb-1947 Inflationary theory of cosmology

P. James E. Peebles Astronomer 25-Apr-1935 Galaxy formation

Saul Perlmutter Astronomer 1959 Accelerating expansion of the universe

Martin Rees Astronomer 23-Jun-1942 President of the Royal Society

Vera Rubin Astronomer 23-Jul-1928 Structure of galaxies

Allan R. Sandage Astronomer 18-Jun-1926 13-Nov-2010 Quasars and Hubble-Sandage variable stars

Brian P. Schmidt Astronomer 24-Feb-1967 Accelerating universe

Rashid Sunyaev Astronomer 1-Mar-1943 Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect

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