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Kavli Prize
Astrophysics
2016
Rainer Weiss

Rainer Weiss

For the direct detection of gravitational waves.

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Kip S. Thorne

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Birth: 1932-09-29
Birth city: Berlin
Birth country: Germany
Citizenship: United States
Death: 2025-08-25
Death city: Cambridge
Death country: United States
WDATA: Q2128461
OpenAlex: A5103619207

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