Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.

Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.
Taylor in 2008
Born (1941-03-29) March 29, 1941 (age 83)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHaverford College
Harvard University
Known forPulsars, WSJT-X
AwardsDannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics (1980)
Henry Draper Medal (1985)
Magellanic Premium (1990)
John J. Carty Award (1991)
Wolf Prize in Physics (1992)
Nobel Prize in Physics (1993)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsPrinceton University
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory
Doctoral studentsVictoria Kaspi, Ingrid Stairs

Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (born March 29, 1941) is an American astrophysicist and Nobel Prize laureate in Physics[1] for his discovery with Russell Alan Hulse of a "new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation."

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