University Professor Richard Peltier is the first Canadian to win prestigious international science prize
University Professor Richard Peltier of physics has been chosen by the Franklin Institute to receive the 2010 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science. Peltier is the first Canadian to receive the $250,000 award and joins a group of previous recipients that includes Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
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