Profiles of James Peebles, Michel Mayor, and Didier Queloz: 2019 Nobel
  Laureates in Physics
  The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics honors three pioneering scientists for their
fundamental contributions to basic cosmic questions - Professor James Peebles
(Princeton University), Michel Mayor (University of Geneva), and Didier Queloz
(University of Geneva and the University of Cambridge) - "for contributions to
our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth's place in the
cosmos," with one half to James Peebles "for theoretical discoveries in
physical cosmology," and the other half jointly to Michel Mayor and Didier
Queloz "for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star." We
summarize the historical and scientific backdrop to this year's Physics Nobel.
