Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.
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Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (born March 29, 1941) is an American astrophysicist and Nobel Prize laureate in Physics[1] for his discovery with Russell Alan Hulse of a "new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation."
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Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. | |
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Born | (1941-03-29) March 29, 1941 (age 83) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Haverford College Harvard University |
Known for | Pulsars, WSJT-X |
Awards | Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics (1980) Henry Draper Medal (1985) Magellanic Premium (1990) John J. Carty Award (1991) Wolf Prize in Physics (1992) Nobel Prize in Physics (1993) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Princeton University University of Massachusetts Amherst Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory |
Doctoral students | Victoria Kaspi, Ingrid Stairs |
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