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Adam G. Riess

Physics2011(1/4)

Motivation

"for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae"

The Nobel Prize in Physics

Prize Amount: SEK 10,000,000 (adjusted: SEK 13,335,208)

Affiliation

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD, USA

Space Telescope Science Institute

Baltimore, MD, USA

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Personal Information

Full Name:

Adam G. Riess

Gender:

male

Born:

1969-12-16 — Washington, D.C., USA

Nobel Prizes

Physics2011

for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae

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