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Rainer Weiss
| Full Name of the recipient | Rainer Weiss |
|---|---|
| Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Year of Award | 2017 |
| Share in Award | 33.3% |
| Award Shared with | Barry Clark Barish (33.3%) Kip Stephen Thorne (33.3%) |
| Motivation for the Award | for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves |
| Affiliation at the Time of Award | LIGO/VIRGO Collaboration, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA |
| Place of Birth | Berlin, Germany DEU |
| Date of Birth | 29 September 1932 |
| Age at the time of Award | 84 years |
