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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physics (209) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 2010s (106) 2017 (12) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1930s (112) 1936 (15) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Midwestern states (70) Nebraska (4) Omaha (2) 18. Living Winners 18. Living Winners Alive (292) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name A-D (182) B (24) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name A-D (195) B (80) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name A-D (94) B (9) Barry (2) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Judaism (160) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 80 - 89 (56) 82 (6) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Astronomers and Physicists (222) Physicists (206) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Asia (244) Middle East (197) Israel (197) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University North America (309) United States (303) Western states (85) California (81) Pasadena (18) California Institute of Technology (18) 41. Worked for Project-funded Organization 41. Worked for Project-funded Organization North America (4) United States (4) Northeastern states (3) Massachusetts (3) Cambridge (3) LIGO Scientific Collaboration (3) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University North America (529) United States (521) Western states (262) California (253) Pasadena (73) California Institute of Technology (73) Long-term academic staff (21) University of California (159) Berkeley (107) University of California, Berkeley (107) Alumni (34) Short-term academic staff (51) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) American Physical Society (113) E-P (571) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards E-F (439) E (135) Enrico Fermi Prize (1) F (394) Fellow of the American Physical Society (107) G-H (389) H (196) Henry Draper Medal (9) O-P (364) P (242) Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research (9) complete name: Barry Barish nobel prize: physics award year: 2017 together with: Kip S. Thorne together with: Rainer Weiss prize share: Prize share: 1/4 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 was divided, one half awarded to Rainer Weiss, the other half jointly to Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves." laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Barry family name: Barish occupation: physicist field of work: physics work location: California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91125, United States of America description: Barry Barish is an American experimental physicist. He is a Linde Professor of Physics, emeritus at California Institute of Technology. He is a leading expert on gravitational waves. image copyright: © Nobel Media AB. Photo: A.Mahmoud image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2017/summary/> date birth: 1936 usual name: Barry Barish
