The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017
Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish, Kip S. Thorne Share this:
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 © Nobel Media. Ill. N. Elmehed Rainer Weiss Prize share: 1/2 © Nobel Media. Ill. N. Elmehed Barry C. Barish Prize share: 1/4 © Nobel Media. Ill. N. Elmehed Kip S. Thorne Prize share: 1/4
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 was divided, one half awarded to Rainer Weiss, the other half jointly to Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves".
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olivark on October 3rd, 2017 at 12:21 UTC »
It's kind of sad that Ronald Drever isn't still with us today, but I'm glad he got to see a confirmed detection at the very least. He likely knew this would follow anyway.
MetaCitta on October 3rd, 2017 at 10:58 UTC »
To give you an idea of how crazy this is, Veritasium did a great video on it!
BCMike on October 3rd, 2017 at 10:56 UTC »
Interesting trivia: Kip Thorne was involved in the CGI work on the black hole in Interstellar as a scientific consultant.