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(Q29916588)

English

Stanley E. Whitcomb

American physicist

  • Stanley Ernest Whitcomb
  • Stan Whitcomb
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Statements

instance of
human
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given name
Stanley
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occupation
physicist
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award received
Henry Draper Medal
point in time
2017
together with
Barry C. Barish
award rationale
Honoring Barish and Whitcomb, on behalf of the LIGO collaboration, for their visionary and pivotal leadership roles, scientific guidance, and novel instrument design during the development of LIGO that were crucial for LIGO's discovery of gravitational waves from colliding black holes, thus directly validating Einstein's 100-year-old prediction of gravitational waves and ushering a new field of gravitational wave astronomy. (English)
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reference URL
http://www.nasonline.org/programs/awards/henry-draper-medal.html
C.E.K. Mees Medal
point in time
2018
award rationale
For pioneering interdisciplinary contributions to the development of LIGO gravitational-wave interferometers (English)
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reference URL
https://www.optica.org/get_involved/awards_and_honors/awards/award_descriptions/meesmedal/

Identifiers

ISNI
0000000027422378
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AstroGen ID
8124
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Prabook ID
3360793
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