Nobel laureate and physicist wins 2022 Templeton Prize

Wilczek, who was awarded the 2022 Templeton Prize, was praised by the John Templeton Foundation for transforming "our understanding of the forces that govern our universe”. Photos: Michael Clark/AP

Frank Wilczek, the Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist and author renowned for his boundary-pushing investigations into the fundamental laws of nature, was honoured on May 11 with this year’s prestigious Templeton Prize, awarded to individuals whose life’s work embodies a fusion of science and spirituality.

In a statement, the John Templeton Foundation praised the 70-year-old Wilczek for transforming "our understanding of the forces that govern our universe”, while also applying "the insights of his field to the great questions of meaning and purpose pondered by generations of religious thinkers”.