In yet another year of predicable winners on the horizon (not Konstantin Novoselov again, please!), white hot 'it' astrophysicist Saul Perlmutter surprised many when he took home the Nobel Prize in Physics for his understated yet deeply moving work in supernovae with the Supernova Cosmology Project at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Critics have praised his performance as "electrifying," "a revelation," and "brutally honest." Perlmutter shared the major award with hotshot guy pals Brian Schmidt, an astronomer at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Australian National University, and Adam Riess, professor of physics and astronomy at Johns Hopkins University.
Noted for his outlandish fashion sense, tabloids and fans alike are abuzz as to what Perlmutter plans to wear at the 2011 Nobel Prizes later this year.
