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Irwin I. Shapiro

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American astrophysicist

United StatesScientistsBorn 1929 · age 96
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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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Awards 10

2013Einstein Prize
1997Gerard P. Kuiper Prize
1994Albert Einstein Medal
1993William Bowie Medal
1991Charles A. Whitten Medal
1983Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics
1982Guggenheim Fellowship
1975Albert A. Michelson Medal
1975Fellow of the American Physical Society
1975Benjamin Franklin Medal

Connected to Irwin 6

Fred Lawrence WhippleAlso won Gerard P. Kuiper PrizeRashid SunyaevAlso won Dannie Heineman Prize for AstrophysicsHarold Eugene EdgertonAlso won Albert A. Michelson MedalRoger RevelleAlso won William Bowie MedalJeanne HerschAlso won Albert Einstein MedalAbhay AshtekarAlso won Einstein Prize

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United States
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Dates
Born 1929 · age 96
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