French Physicist Wins Templeton Foundation Prize
March 16, 2009
Bernard d’Espagnat, a French physicist and philosopher who played a key role in the development of quantum mechanics, was today awarded the John Templeton Foundation’s annual ₤1-million ($1.4-million) prize for work exploring scientific and spiritual issues, the Associated Press reports.
The Templeton Prize, established in 1972, is widely thought to be world’s richest award to an individual for intellectual achievement. Mr. D’Espagnat, 87, was honored for a body of work that acknowledges that science cannot fully explain “the nature of being,” the foundation said.
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