Russell Alan Hulse

Russell Alan Hulse (born November 28, 1950) is an American physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, shared with his thesis advisor Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., "for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation". He was a specialist in the pulsar studies and gravitational waves.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Hulse was born in New York City and attended Bronx High School of Science and the Cooper Union before moving to University of Massachusetts Amherst (Ph.D. Physics 1975).

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

1950: 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar)....

American: :This page disambiguates the many uses of American. For an article about those various uses, please see Use of the word American....

Physicist: A physicist is a scientist trained in physics. Physicists are employed by universities as professors, lecturers, and researchers, and by laboratories in industry. Employment as a professional physicist generally requires a doctoral degree. Many people who are trained as physicists, however, use thei...

Russell Alan Hulse related Images and Photos (experimental)

Calcutta Alan Ladd Gail Russell William Bendix June Duprez 1947	Russell Crowe	Alan Alda	Alan Alda
Alan Bates	Alan Arkin	Alan Cumming	Alan Jackson
Alan Shearer	Russell Crowe Print	Gail Russell	Jack Russell