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Robert Woodrow Wilson (born January 10, 1936) is an American astronomer who, along with Arno Allan Penzias, discovered cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) in 1964. The pair won the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics for its discovery.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1978 was divided, one half awarded to Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa "for his basic inventions and discoveries in the area of low-temperature physics", the other half jointly to Arno Allan Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson "for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation"
Robert Woodrow Wilson (born January 10, 1936, Houston, Texas, U.S.) is an American radio astronomer who shared, with Arno Penzias, the 1978 Nobel Prize for Physics for a discovery that supported the big-bang model of creation.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Woodrow Wilson, the 28th U.S. president, led America through World War I and crafted the Versailles Treaty's "Fourteen Points," the last of which was creating a League of Nations to ensure...
Learn about Robert W. Wilson, the American physicist who discovered the cosmic microwave background (CMB) with Arno Penzias in 1965. Find out how they used a radio telescope at Bell Labs, how they interpreted their results and how they shared the Nobel Prize with Pyotr Kapitsa.
Robert Woodrow Wilson. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1978. Born: 10 January 1936, Houston, TX, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ, USA. Prize motivation: “for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation”. Prize share: 1/4.
Oct 29, 2009 · Learn about Woodrow Wilson, the 28th U.S. president who led America through World War I and advocated for democracy and progressivism. Explore his early life, academic career, political achievements, foreign policy and controversies.
