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Barry Barish Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Barry Barish, based on 1 World History Database records associated with United States of America.

1 records2017–20171 events1 places

Chronological biography

2017

Nobel Prize for LIGO3 October 2017
Science / Physics · Physicist · Stockholm

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves from sources including merging black holes.

Titles and roles

Physicist

Record provenance

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