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Education:

  • B. A. Physics, University of California, Berkeley (1970)
  • M. A. Physics, Princeton University (1972)
  • Ph. D. Physics, Princeton University (1974)

Honorary Societies:

  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1990)
  • National Academy of Sciences (1992)

Honors:

  • Newcomb-Cleveland Prize (1989)
  • MacArthur Fellowship (1990)
  • Klopsteg Memorial Award (1996)
  • Magellanic Premium (2008)
  • James Craig Watson Medal (2010)
  • Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (2010)
  • Lilienfeld Prize (2013)
  • Schwarzschild Medal (2014)
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