The Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2010

 

is awarded in equal shares to

 

CHARLES L BENNETT

LYMAN A PAGE JR

DAVID N SPERGEL

 

for their leadership of the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) experiment, which has enabled precise determinations of the fundamental cosmological parameters, including the geometry, age and composition of the universe.

 

27 May 2010

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