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Irwin I. Shapiro

American astrophysicist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1929 · age 97

Irwin Ira Shapiro is an American astrophysicist and Timken University Professor at Harvard University. He has been a professor at Harvard since 1982. He was the director of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian from 1982 to 2004.

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2013Einstein PrizeAward1997Gerard P. Kuiper PrizeAward1994Albert Einstein MedalAward1993William Bowie MedalAward1991Charles A. Whitten MedalAward1983Dannie Heineman Prize for AstrophysicsAward1982Guggenheim FellowshipAward1975Albert A. Michelson MedalAwardBenjamin Franklin MedalAwardFellow of the American Physical SocietyAward1929Born10 October 1929

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