R.I.P. Dr. Val Fitch, 91. Nobel lauriate cosmologist

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Val Fitch, a Nobel laureate in Physics, passed away at the age of 91 at his home in Princeton, NJ. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1980 for his groundbreaking work that uncovered the asymmetry in the laws of nature, which provided insights into why matter and antimatter have not annihilated the universe. His contributions significantly advanced the field of cosmology and particle physics.

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"Val Fitch, who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics for work that revealed a surprising ambivalence in the laws of nature and helped explain why the collision of matter and antimatter has not destroyed everything in the universe, died on Thursday at his home in Princeton, NJ. He was 91. ..."

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/11/u...-to-be-out-of-balance-is-dead-at-91.html?_r=0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Logsdon_Fitch

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1980/fitch-bio.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...faa056-af21-11e4-ad71-7b9eba0f87d6_story.html

http://www.princeton.edu/physics/people/display_person.xml?netid=vfitch
 
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