Visn. Nac. Akad. Nauk Ukr. 2020.(12):21-30
https://doi.org/10.15407/visn2020.12.021
Serge L. Parnovsky
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1855-1404
Astronomical observatory of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
THE NOBEL COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO PAY ITS DEBTS
Some thoughts on the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2020
The Nobel Prize in Physics in 2020 was awarded to the famous British physicist, mathematician, philosopher of science Roger Penrose “for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity” as well as German astrophysicist Reinhard Genzel and American astronomer Andrea Ghez “for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy.”
Keywords: Nobel Prize in Physics, Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel, Andrea Ghez, black hole, general theory of relativity.