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Swedish 6 oktober 2020 har beslutat utdela Nobelpriset i fysik 2020 med ena hälften till Roger Penrose University of Oxford, Storbritannien “för upptäckten att bildandet av svarta hål är en robust förutsägelse av den allmänna relativitetsteorin” och med andra hälften gemensamt till Reinhard Genzel Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Tyskland och University of California, Berkeley,…

English 6 October 2020 has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 with one half to Roger Penrose University of Oxford, UK “for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity” and the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics,…

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Interview with the 2011 Nobel Laureates in Physics Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess on 6 December 2011. Adam Riess, Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt, welcome to Stockholm. I gather that this year Stockholm is making itself the city of lights for Christmas which seems very appropriate as a way to welcome three…

Interview with James Peebles on 6 December 2019 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. What did you want to be when you were younger? James Peebles: Until I reached university, I was rather directionless. Never a rebel but rather a dreamer. I didn’t pay too much attention to classes, I am sure I annoyed…

Interview with Donna Strickland on 6 December 2018 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. How did you become interested in science? Donna Strickland: I have been asked that question about how I got interested in science quite a bit. I think it just is my education system. It’s hard to say, I mean, my…