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 The
Cosmology Prize of the Peter Gruber Foundation honors scientific advances
in our perception and understanding of the universe. The prize is awarded
annually to an outstanding astronomer, cosmologist, physicist, mathematician,
or philosopher of science, selected from an international pool of candidates
by a board of distinguished peers in their fields.
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COSMOLOGY PRIZE RECIPIENTS:
2005
COSMOLOGY PRIZE RECIPIENT:
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James E. Gunn,
Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University, is
a central and legendary figure in all three of the main areas of
astronomy research -- theory, observation, and instrumentation.
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2004
COSMOLOGY PRIZE RECIPIENTS:
 
Photo
of Guth by Donna Coveney, MIT |
Leading
theoretical cosmologists Alan Guth,
Weisskopf Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology and Andrei Linde,
Professor of Physics at Stanford University, played prominent
roles in developing and refining the theory of cosmic inflation.
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2003
COSMOLOGY PRIZE RECIPIENT:
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Rashid
Alievich Sunyaev,
Director, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astrophysik, Garching, Germany,
is a pioneer in the studies on the nature of the cosmic microwave
background and its interaction with intervening matter. |
2002
COSMOLOGY PRIZE RECIPIENT:
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Vera
Rubin, Ph.D.,
Astronomer at the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism of the Carnegie
Institution of Washington, is preeminent in studying the motions
of galaxies. |
2001 COSMOLOGY PRIZE RECIPIENT:
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Sir
Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal and Royal Society Research
Professor at Cambridge University, is renowned for his extraordinary
intuition in unraveling the complexities of the universe. |
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2000 COSMOLOGY PRIZE RECIPIENTS:
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Dr.
Phillip James E. Peebles,
Einstein Professor of Science at Princeton University, for his work
in theoretical cosmology. |
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Dr. Allan R. Sandage,
Staff Astronomer Emeritus at the Observatories (Pasadena, CA)
of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, DC, for his achievements
in observational cosmology.
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