Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr.

Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr. (born March 29, 1941) is an American astrophysicist and winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physics, shared with his former student Russell Alan Hulse, for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation.

Other awards

In addition to the Nobel Prize, Taylor has been recognized with many other awards, including the first Heineman Prize of the American Astronomical Society, the Henry Draper Medal of the National Academy of Sciences, the Tomalla Foundation Prize, the Magellanic Premium, the Carty Award for the Advancement of Science, the Einstein Prize, the Wolf Prize in Physics, and the Schwartzchild Medal. He was among the first group of MacArthur Fellows. He has served on many boards, committees, and panels, co-chairing the Decadal Panel of that produced the report Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium that established the United States's national priorities in astronomy and astrophysics for the period 2000-2010.

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Heineman Prize - American Astronomical Society - Henry Draper Medal - National Academy of Sciences - Tomalla Foundation Prize - Magellanic Premium - Carty Award for the Advancement of Science - Einstein Prize - Wolf Prize - Schwartzchild Medal - MacArthur Fellows - United States - 2000 - 2010

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