Rainer Weiss

Weiss in June 2018 Rainer "Rai" Weiss ( , ; born September 29, 1932) is a German-American physicist, known for his contributions in gravitational physics and astrophysics. He is a professor of physics emeritus at MIT and an adjunct professor at LSU. He is best known for inventing the laser interferometric technique which is the basic operation of LIGO. He was Chair of the COBE Science Working Group.

In 2017, Weiss was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Kip Thorne and Barry Barish, "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves".

Weiss has helped realize a number of challenging experimental tests of fundamental physics. He is a member of the Fermilab Holometer experiment, which uses a 40m laser interferometer to measure properties of space and time at quantum scale and provide Planck-precision tests of quantum holographic fluctuation. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Meisterklasse Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    Meisterklasse Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791, Beethoven, Ludwig van 1770-1827

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    Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248 Gesamtaufnahme der Teile I bis VI

    Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248 Gesamtaufnahme der Teile I bis VI by Bach, Johann Sebastian 1685-1750

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    Elias Oratorium nach Worten des Alten Testamentes, op 70

    Elias Oratorium nach Worten des Alten Testamentes, op 70 by Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix 1809-1847

    Published 1996
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    Giuditta musikalische Komödie in fünf Bildern

    Giuditta musikalische Komödie in fünf Bildern by Lehár, Franz 1838-1898, Knepler, Paul 1879-1967, Löhner, Fritz 1883-1942

    Published 1994
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    Giuditta musikalische Komödie ; in fünf Bildern

    Giuditta musikalische Komödie ; in fünf Bildern by Lehár, Franz 1838-1898, Knepler, Paul 1879-1967, Löhner, Fritz 1883-1942

    Published 1985
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