- Awarding year
- 1974
- Awarding date
- 1974-10-15
- Category
- Physics
- Motivation
- for their pioneering research in radio astrophysics: Ryle for his observations and inventions, in particular of the aperture synthesis technique, and Hewish for his decisive role in the discovery of pulsars
- Prize amount
- 550,000
- Affiliations
University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom