# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rainer-weiss
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:26:07.865Z

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name: "Rainer Weiss"
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description: "Rainer Weiss was a German-American physicist, known for his contributions in gravitational physics and astrophysics. He was a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an adjunct professor at Louisiana State University. He is best known for inventing the laser interferometric technique which is the basic operation of LIGO. He was Chair of the COBE Science Working Group."
tagline: "American physicist (1932–2025)"
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birthDate: "1932-09-29"
deathDate: "2025-08-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump