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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1974

"for their pioneering research in radio astrophysics: Ryle for his observations and inventions, in particular of the aperture synthesis technique, and Hewish for his decisive role in the discovery of pulsars"
Sir Martin Ryle Antony Hewish
Sir Martin Ryle Antony Hewish
half 1/2 of the prize half 1/2 of the prize
United Kingdom United Kingdom
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom		 University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
b. 1918
d. 1984		 b. 1924
 
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