Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. www.britannica.com › biography › Rainer-WeissRainer Weiss | Biography & Facts | Britannica

   www.britannica.com › biography › Rainer-Weiss

   • Cached

   May 9, 2024 · Rainer Weiss (born September 29, 1932, Berlin, Germany) is a German-born American physicist who was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and for the first direct detection of gravity waves.

2. www.amacad.org › person › rainer-weissRainer Weiss | American Academy of Arts and Sciences

   www.amacad.org › person › rainer-weiss

   • Cached

   Apr 29, 2024 · Professor. Rainer Weiss. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Physicist; Astronomer; Educator. Area. Mathematical and Physical Sciences. Specialty. Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Earth Sciences. Elected. 1998.

3. www.ocregister.com › 2024/05/19 › cal-stateCal State Fullerton physicists are key players in new age of ...

   www.ocregister.com › 2024/05/19 › cal-state

   • Cached

   5 days ago · And that year’s Nobel Prize in Physics went to three scientists, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne at Caltech, and Rainer Weiss of MIT, who had been working on gravitational wave theories for...

4. Images

   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 

   View all

5. www.britannica.com › biography › Barry-BarishBarry C. Barish | Biography & Facts | Britannica

   www.britannica.com › biography › Barry-Barish

   • Cached

   May 9, 2024 · Rainer Weiss (born September 29, 1932, Berlin, Germany) is a German-born American physicist who was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and for the first direct detection of gravity waves.

6. www.pbs.org › newshour › tagLIGO | PBS NewsHour

   www.pbs.org › newshour › tag

   • Cached

   3 days ago · LIGO gravitational wave discoverers win 2017 Nobel Prize in physics. Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne have won the 2017 Nobel Prize for physics for leading the projects that ...

7. Videos

   • 

     53:37

     youtube.com

     Nobel Prize in Physics: Rainer Weiss (FULL PRESS CONFERENCE)

     Oct 3, 2017

     39.5K Views

   • 

     45:30

     youtube.com

     Nobel Lecture: Rainer Weiss, Nobel Prize in Physics 2017

     Dec 8, 2017

     30.1K Views

   • 

     4:40

     youtube.com

     Nobel Banquet speech by Rainer Weiss, Nobel Prize in Physics 2017

     Dec 11, 2017

     23.3K Views

   View all

8. www.ipam.ucla.edu › green-family-lecture-seriesGreen Family Lecture Series - IPAM

   www.ipam.ucla.edu › green-family-lecture-series

   • Cached

   In 2017, Barish was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics along with Rainer Weiss and Kip Thorne for their contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves. Barish earned a Ph.D in experimental high energy physics at UC Berkeley in 1962.

9. events.ucr.edu › event › cnas-science-lecture-seriesCNAS Science Lecture Series with Dr. Barry Barish on ...

   events.ucr.edu › event › cnas-science-lecture-series

   • Cached

   Apr 30, 2024 · About Barry C. Barish. Barry Barish, Distinguished Professor of Physics at UCR, was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves," along with American physicists Rainer Weiss and Kip S. Thorne.