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.

Later years

After receiving his Ph.D., Hulse did postdoctoral work at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia. He returned to Princeton, where he has worked for many years at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. He has also worked on science education, and in 2003 joined the University of Texas at Dallas as a visiting professor of physics and of mathematics and science education.

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National Radio Astronomy Observatory - Green Bank, West Virginia - Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory - 2003 - University of Texas at Dallas - Visiting professor - Physics - Mathematics - Science - Education

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In 1993, was coawarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. The Prize given to Taylor and Hulse was the first ever given for work in General Relativity (Gravity waves).

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1993 - Nobel Prize in Physics - General Relativity - Gravity waves

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