Canadian born James Peebles wins Nobel prize in physics this year
Oct 8, 2019 | 4:10 AM
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STOCKHOLM — Canadian born scientist James Peebles is one of three people who have won the Nobel Prize in Physics this year.
He won the award “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology.”
Peebles is a physics professor at Princeton University in New Jersey.
He was born in St. Boniface, Man., and did his undergraduate studies at the University of Manitoba before moving to Princeton for graduate studies.
