Australian Astronomer receives Nobel prize

[Hans Tucker]

No doubt someone posted when Brian Schmidt was nominated as a joint recipient of the award a few months ago..now he has received it :thumbsup:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-11/australian-schmidt-receives-nobel-prize/3724422

[astroron]

Thanks Hans, yes there was a thread on it in IIS and now to eee him receive it the final to the story.
Cheers :thumbsup:

[Zaps]

It's great to see another American awarded a Nobel.

[glenc]

The Nobel Lecture of physics laureate Brian Schmidt of the Australian National University has been placed online.
A 23 minute video of Professor Schmidt’s lecture, “The Path to Measuring an Accelerating Universe”, is available
http://www.nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1727