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Roger Penrose of Britain, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and Andrea Ghez of the US won the Nobel Prize for 2020 in which field?

Roger Penrose of Britain, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and Andrea Ghez of the US won the Nobel Prize for 2020 in which field? Correct Answer Physics

The correct answer is Physics.

  • Roger Penrose of Britain, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and Andrea Ghez of the US won the Nobel Physics Prize for 2020.
  • The physicists were selected for their discoveries about one of the most exotic phenomena in the universe, the black hole.
  • Andrea Ghez is just the fourth woman to receive the physics prize since 1901 when the first Nobel prizes were handed out.

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