Fwd: Shaw Prize to Saul Perlmutter

From: Marc Postman (postman@stsci.edu)
Date: Wed Jun 21 2006 - 06:46:13 PDT

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    Congratulations to our fearless (and now rich!) leader. Well
    deserved, Saul.

    Begin forwarded message:
    >
    > Announcement of The Shaw Laureates 2006
    >
    > Wednesday, June 21. At today's press conference in Hong Kong, The
    > Shaw Prize Foundation announced The Shaw Laureates for 2006.
    > Information was posted on the website www.shawprize.org at Hong Kong
    > time 16:30 (GMT 08:30).
    >
    > The Shaw Prize consists of three annual prizes: Astronomy, Life
    > Science and Medicine, and Mathematical Sciences, each prize bearing a
    > monetary award of one million US dollars. This will be the third year
    > that the Prize has been awarded and the presentation ceremony is
    > scheduled for Tuesday, September 12, 2006.
    >
    > Details of the Shaw Laureates
    >
    > Astronomy prize awarded jointly to Professor Saul Perlmutter of the
    > Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory of the University of California,
    > Berkeley, USA; Professor Adam Riess of the Space Telescope Science
    > Institute, Baltimore, USA; and Professor Brian Schmidt of the Mount
    > Stromlo Observatory of the Australian National University, Canberra,
    > Australia for discovering that the expansion rate of the universe is
    > accelerating, implying in the simplest interpretation that the energy
    > density of space is non-vanishing even in the absence of any matter
    > and radiation.
    >
    > Announcement of The Shaw Laureates 2006
    >
    > Wednesday, June 21. At today¡¦s press conference in Hong Kong, The
    > Shaw Prize Foundation announced The Shaw Laureates for 2006.
    > Information was posted on the website www.shawprize.org at Hong
    > Kong time 16:30 (GMT 08:30).
    >
    > The Shaw Prize consists of three annual prizes: Astronomy, Life
    > Science and Medicine, and Mathematical Sciences, each prize bearing
    > a monetary award of one million US dollars. This will be the third
    > year that the Prize has been awarded and the presentation ceremony
    > is scheduled for Tuesday, September 12, 2006.
    >
    > Details of the Shaw Laureates
    >
    > Astronomy ¡V awarded jointly to Professor Saul Perlmutter of the
    > Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory of the University of California,
    > Berkeley, USA; Professor Adam Riess of the Space Telescope Science
    > Institute, Baltimore, USA; and Professor Brian Schmidt of the Mount
    > Stromlo Observatory of the Australian National University,
    > Canberra, Australia for discovering that the expansion rate of the
    > universe is accelerating, implying in the simplest interpretation
    > that the energy density of space is non-vanishing even in the
    > absence of any matter and radiation.



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