Laureate

Alan Guth

Born 1947 · United States · Male

Awards

  1. 2012

    Breakthrough Prize — Fundamental Physics

    Physics

    Invention of inflationary cosmology, and for contributions to the theory for the generation of cosmological density fluctuations arising from quantum fluctuations

  2. 2014

    Kavli Prize — Astrophysics

    Physics

    For pioneering the theory of cosmic inflation.