Prize Recipient
Rainer Weiss
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation:"For fundamental contributions to the development of gravitational wave detectors based on optical interferometry, leading to the successful operation of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory."
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