Biography of Rainer Weiss (1932-2025)

Biography

Birthplace

Berlin, Germany

Place of Death

Cambridge, Middlesex County

Nationality

United States

Occupation(3)

physicist university teacher astrophysicist

Awards(10)

Guggenheim Fellowship Gruber Prize in Cosmology Harvey Prize Nobel Prize in Physics Princess of Asturias AwardsShaw PrizeFellow of the American Physical Society Kavli Prize in AstrophysicsEinstein PrizeThe Shaw Prize in Astronomy

Education(2)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School

Rainer Weiss (* 29. September 1932 in Berlin; † 25. August 2025 in Cambridge) was an american physicist. He was 92 years old. His education included Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School. He received 10 awards, including Guggenheim Fellowship, Gruber Prize in Cosmology.

Life Events

8 Events

1932

Born in Berlin, Germany

2007

Einstein Prize

2016

Gruber Prize in Cosmology

2016

Harvey Prize

2016

Kavli Prize in Astrophysics

2016

The Shaw Prize in Astronomy

2017

Nobel Prize in Physics

2025

Biography of Rainer Weiss

Biography

Life Events

Born in Berlin, Germany

Einstein Prize

Gruber Prize in Cosmology

Harvey Prize

Kavli Prize in Astrophysics

The Shaw Prize in Astronomy

Nobel Prize in Physics

Died in Cambridge, Middlesex County

Biography of Rainer Weiss

Biography

Life Events

Born in Berlin, Germany

Einstein Prize

Gruber Prize in Cosmology

Harvey Prize

Kavli Prize in Astrophysics

The Shaw Prize in Astronomy

Nobel Prize in Physics

Died in Cambridge, Middlesex County