Astrophysicist Explains How to Win a Nobel Prize

Johns Hopkins Magazine takes a lighthearted look at Adam Riess’ path to winning a Nobel Prize for physics.

The illustrated article explains his path to the award with lines such as “Among the wish list options early on in Riess’ career was ‘making first contact with E.T.’ He wisely chose to study the universe’s expansion instead.”

In October Riess spoke about the Nobel win, which he shares with two others, for the 1998 discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe. He earlier this month.