NNDB
This is a beta version of NNDB
Search: for
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/

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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


Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile



Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications

NNDB MAPPER


NNDB Glimpse of the 2008 US Elections


Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.


Bibliographies

NNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. They may be accessed by the "Bibliography" tab at the top of most pages, or via the "Related Topics" box in the sidebar. Please feel free to suggest books that might be critical omissions.