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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017

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Rainer Weiss

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Rainer Weiss

Prize share: 1/2

Barry C. Barish

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Barry C. Barish

Prize share: 1/4

Kip S. Thorne

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Kip S. Thorne

Prize share: 1/4

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 was divided, one half awarded to Rainer Weiss, the other half jointly to Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves”.