Goran K. Hansson (C), Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and academy members Mats Larsson (L) and Ulf Danielsson, announce whe winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, October 8, 2019. [Photo: IC]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 was awarded "for contributions to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth's place in the cosmos" with one half to James Peebles "for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology", the other half jointly to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz "for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star."
James Peebles
Born: 25 April 1935, Winnipeg, Canada
Affiliation at the time of the award: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Prize motivation: "for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology."
Prize share: 1/2
James Peebles gave an important advice to young people who intend to commit to sciences.
"My advice to young people entering science: you should do it for the love of science ... You should enter science because you are fascinated by it."
Didier Queloz
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019
Born: 23 February 1966, Geneva, Switzerland
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star."
Prize share: 1/4
Michel Mayor
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019
Born: 12 January 1942, Lausanne, Switzerland
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star."
Prize share: 1/4
[1] The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2019.