Evolution of the universe and Earth’s place in cosmos – The 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics

dc.contributor.author	Murthy, J
dc.date.accessioned	2020-11-26T15:43:32Z
dc.date.available	2020-11-26T15:43:32Z
dc.date.issued	2019-11-10
dc.identifier.citation	Current Science, Vol. 117, No. 9, pp. 1414-1415	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0011-3891
dc.identifier.uri	http://prints.iiap.res.in/handle/2248/7415
dc.description	Restricted Access © Current Science Association https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/117/09/1414.pdf	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This was an unusual Nobel prize in that it was awarded ‘for contributions to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth’s place in the cosmos’. This is a broad area which could include almost anything in astronomy. James Peebles was awarded one half of the Prize ‘for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology’ which was really a recognition of a lifetime of work while Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz won the other half of the Prize ‘for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star’: a very specific if notable discovery. While undeniably deserved, either award could have been given anytime in the last 25 years for the exoplanet discoveries and 50 years for the cosmology work.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Indian Academy of Sciences	en_US
dc.subject	Nobel Prize:physics	en_US
dc.subject	Cosmos	en_US
dc.subject	James Peebles	en_US
dc.subject	Michel Mayor	en_US
dc.subject	Didier Queloz	en_US
dc.title	Evolution of the universe and Earth’s place in cosmos – The 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US