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Gravitational Waves: The 2017 Nobel Prize Surprise?

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Thread starter gleem
Start date Oct 3, 2017
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2017 Nobel prize Physics

Oct 3, 2017

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Big surprise? awarded to Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne for their detection of gravitational waves.

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-nobel-physics-prize-awarded-scientists.html

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Oct 3, 2017

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www.physicsforums.com/threads/2017-nobel-prize-in-physics-opinions-and-expectations.925889
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