Thursday, December 29, 2011
Johns Hopkins Magazine takes a lighthearted look at Adam Riess' path to winning the Nobel Prize for physics.
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
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 with Patch about the Nobel win, which he shares with two others, for the 1998 discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe. He accepted the award in Stockholm earlier this month.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Officials and observers celebrate the newly-minted Nobel laureate.
A day later, accolades are still pouring in for Adam Riess, the Stoneleigh resident and Johns Hopkins astrophysicist whose work investigating dark energy and the expansion of the universe earned him the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday. U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski congratulated Riess, saying in a press release that the prize "recognizes this discovery and highlights how important it is for America to invest in our scientific infrastructure—our talent and the equipment that helps them unlock scientific know-how. "We still don't understand dark energy," she continued. "I can't wait to see what Dr. Riess and his colleagues will help the world uncover when they can push these discoveries further with the James Webb Space Telescope." …
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Adam Riess, a Johns Hopkins astrophysicist, was honored for a 1998 discovery that the universe is expanding at a faster rate. He shares the prize with two other scientists.
It was early Tuesday morning and Adam Riess had already awoken to the sounds of his 10-month-old son stirring in his Stoneleigh home. And then the phone rang. The clock read 5:36 a.m. “It's famous, it's like a 15 minute window,” Riess said. “Either someone was pulling my leg or this is 'The Call.'” It was no prank. The call was from Stockholm. Riess, an astrophysicist, and two colleagues were awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for a 1998 discovery that the universe’s expansion is accelerating. Riess, a Johns Hopkins University professor in physics and astronomy, was recognized "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae," according to a press release from the …
Adam Riess, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor in Physics and Astronomy, was named the winner of the award on Tuesday.
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8:13 pm on Tuesday, October 4, 2011
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