Barry C. Barish (Physics Nobel 2017) Age, Wife, Biography, Facts & More
Barry C. Barish (Physics Nobel 2017) Age, Wife, Biography, Facts & More
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| Bio | |
| Full Name | Barry Clark Barish |
| Profession | Physicist |
| Fields | Experimental High Energy Physics |
| Thesis | 184-inch cyclotron |
| Doctoral Advisor | Not Known |
| Awards/Achievements | • Received the Klopsteg Memorial Award in 2002 • Honored with the Enrico Fermi Prize in 2016 • In 2016, awarded the American Ingenuity Award • Bestowed with the Henry Draper Medal in 2017 • Honored with The Giuseppe and Vanna Cocconi Prize in 2017 • In 2017, received the Fudan-Zhongzhi Science Award • Along with scientists Rainer Weiss and Kip S. Thorne, awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for 'decisive contributions in the observation of gravitational waves' |
| Physical Stats & More | |
| Height (approx.) | in centimeters- 183 cm in meters- 1.83 m in feet inches- 6’ |
| Weight (approx.) | in Kilograms- 80 kg in Pounds- 176 lbs |
| Eye Colour | Hazel Brown |
| Hair Colour | White |
| Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | January 27, 1936 |
| Age (as in 2017) | 81 Years |
| Birth Place | Omaha, Nebraska |
| Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Aquarius |
| Nationality | American |
| Hometown | Southern California, U.S. |
| School | Monroe Elementary School King Junior High School, Ohio John Marshall High School, Los Angeles |
| College/University | University of California, Berkeley |
| Educational Qualification | Ph.D. in experimental high-energy physics |
| Family | Not Known |
| Religion | Not Known |
| Ethnicity | American |
| Girls, Affairs and More | |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Wife | Not Known |
| Children | Not Known |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Barry C. Barish
After having completed his Ph.D. in 1962, Barish joined the California Institute of Technology (CALTECH) to conduct experiments in particle physics using frontier particle accelerators.
In 1994, he was appointed as the principal investigator of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Within 3 years, he became the director of the Observatory and held the position until 2005.
Barish is credited with creating the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, a joint effort of international physics institutes and research groups dedicated to the search for gravitational waves. Notably, it has over 1,000 collaborators worldwide.
He even served as the President of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2011.
Barish, along with fellow scientists Rainer Weiss and Kip Thorne , was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for “decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves”. While Weiss takes away one-half of the total prize money (£825,000), Barish and Thorne will share half of the remaining prize.
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