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Detailed explanation-1: -– Marcelo Gleiser, theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and a leading proponent of the view that science, philosophy, and spirituality are complementary expressions of humanity’s need to embrace mystery and the unknown, was announced today as the 2019 Templeton Prize Laureate.

Detailed explanation-2: -Frank Wilczek, a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist and author, and professor at four universities among them Stockholm University, is awarded the 2022 Templeton Prize.

Detailed explanation-3: -The prize’s inaugural honoree, in 1973, was the Roman Catholic nun and charity worker Mother Teresa, and many other early laureates, such as Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, were recognized for work done on behalf of peace or social justice.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Templeton Prize, valued at more than $1.3 million, was established by the late global investor and philanthropist Sir John Templeton to honor those who harness the power of the sciences to explore the deepest questions of the universe and humankind’s place and purpose within it.