Astronomer Royal shares £290,000 (€430,000) science prize

Astronomer Royal Martin Rees was tonight awarded a £290,000 (€430,000) science prize with two Americans.

Astronomer Royal shares £290,000 (€430,000) science prize
Wed, 21 Sep, 2005 - 20:33

Astronomer Royal Martin Rees was tonight awarded a £290,000 (€430,000) science prize with two Americans.

Professor Rees, professor of cosmology and astrophysics and Master of Trinity College Cambridge, received the Crafoord Prize in Sweden with Americans James Gunn and James Peebles for their work in explaining how the universe was created.

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