The announcement today in Stockholm, Sweden, is for work concerning one of the most bizarre predictions of the general theory of relativity espoused by Albert Einstein more than 100 years ago - that if an object were massive enough, its gravity would be so strong that nothing, not even light, could escape. “This Nobel Prize is a testament to their incredible work and research, which underscores the power of academic collaboration and scientific inquiry, propelled by continued wonder and discovery.” “With pride and gratitude, the UC community congratulates professors Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel,” said UC President Michael V. Levine Professor of Astrophysics, is only the fourth woman to win a Nobel physics prize. The other half of the prize goes to United Kingdom theoretical physicist Roger Penrose “for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity.” Genzel, born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany, is director at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, Germany and a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.UCLA professor Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel, a professor emeritus of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and director of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, Germany, will share half the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics “for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced today (Oct. Penrose was the first to prove mathematically, in 1965, that they are a natural consequence of relativity theory and not just science fiction,” he told the Science Media Centre. “But while Einstein’s general theory of relativity predicts the existence of black holes, Einstein didn’t himself believe they really existed. For many outside of physics he has been seen as being in the shadow of his long-time collaborator, the late Stephen Hawking,” added Jim Al-Khalili, a professor of physics at the University of Surrey. “I can’t tell you how delighted I am that Roger Penrose has been recognized with a Nobel Prize.
Just in! This photo of new Nobel Laureate Reinhard Genzel snapped after he discovered he had been awarded the 2020 #NobelPrize in Physics.Ĭongratulations! /L5p6tSzLQc- The Nobel Prize October 6, 2020 Professor Hawking’s contributions are mentioned in the Nobel’s scientific backgrounder in both the Penrose and Genzel-Ghez sections, giving a ‘nod’ to the British physicist,” David Pendlebury, an analyst at Clarivate, which compiles an annual list of Nobel prize contenders based on research citations, told CNN. “The Nobel legacy stipends that the committee cannot award posthumously. Penrose, born in Colchester in England, worked with fellow physicist Hawking to merge Einstein’s theory of relativity with quantum theory to suggest that space and time would begin with the Big Bang and end in black holes. Maria Goeppert Mayer was the only other woman to win the physics prize, in 1963 for discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure. Marie Curie, the only woman to have been honored twice by the Nobel committee, won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics and the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Women A.R.E. Ghez is only the fourth woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics. “It’s a field that has so many pleasures, and if you are passionate about the science, there’s so much that can be done.” I hope I can inspire other young women in the field,” Ghez added.
“I’m thrilled to receive the prize and I take very seriously the responsibility associated with being, as you said the fourth woman to win the Nobel Prize.
“Because it’s so important to convince the younger generation that their ability to question, and their ability to think, is just crucial to the future of the world.” “I think today I feel more passionate about the teaching side of my job than I have ever,” Ghez said after the announcement. It was awarded to a woman for the first time in 55 years in 2018, when Donna Strickland won for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics. Ghez, born in New York City and a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, is only the fourth woman to win a Nobel physics prize. This year's Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez.
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