Careers and people
2009; IOP Publishing; Volume: 22; Issue: 04 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1088/2058-7058/22/04/49
ISSN2058-7058
Tópico(s)Global Health and Surgery
Resumo'Past' prize for astrophysicists Three astrophysicists have won the "past" division of the 2009 Dan David Prize for their work on imaging the cosmic microwave background. Paolo de Bernardis of the University of Rome La Sapienza and Andrew Lange of the California Institute of Technology received the award for leading the BOOMERANG experiment, while Paul Richards of the University of California, Berkeley, was honoured for his work on the MAXIMA experiment. The trio will share a $1m prize from the Dan David Foundation based in Israel, which has given three such awards – for achievements with an impact on the world's past, present and future – every year since 2002. Some 10% of the prize will go to support outstanding astrophysics doctoral students. Other recipients of the 2009 prizes are former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair for "present leadership" in the Middle East; and Robert Gallo, an AIDS researcher at the University of Maryland, for "future global public health".
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