Laureate
Lyman Page
Born 1957 · United States · Male
Awards
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2010
Shaw Prize — Astronomy
PhysicsFor their leadership of the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) experiment, which has enabled precise determinations of the fundamental cosmological parameters, including the geometry, age and composition of the universe.
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2018
Breakthrough Prize — Fundamental Physics
PhysicsFor detailed maps of the early universe that greatly improved our knowledge of the evolution of the cosmos and the fluctuations that seeded the formation of galaxies.