Barry Barish

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Barry_Barish
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
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gptkb:Henry_Draper_Medal
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Princess_of_Asturias_Award_for_Technical_and_Scientific_Research
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:co-recipient gptkb:Kip_Thorne
gptkb:Rainer_Weiss
gptkbp:dateOfBirth 1936-01-27
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:William_G._Whitney
gptkbp:field physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Barry Barish
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:LIGO
gravitational waves
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:NobelPrizeMotivation for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 2017
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Omaha,_Nebraska,_United_States
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Sammy_Barish
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:University_of_California,_Riverside
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gptkb:University_of_California,_Riverside
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gptkbp:bfsLayer 4