In July 2012, why did nine physicists Nima Arkani-Hamed, Alan Guth, Alexei Kitaev, Edward Witten, Ashoke Sen, Juan Maldacena, Maxim Kontsevich, Andrei Linde, and Nathan Seiberg receive a large sum of money each, thanks to the venture capitalist Yuri Milner?
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Yuri Milner announced a new prize for Physics, the
Fundamental Physics Prize. Carrying a massive sum of $3 million each, this was announced in July 2012. These 9 scientists were the recipients for 2012.
More here, at NYT.
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