Alan Guth
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Alan Guth is an American theoretical physicist best known for proposing the theory of cosmic inflation, which explains the rapid expansion of the early universe.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alan Guth canonical | 8 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
cosmologist
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human ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Science in Physics
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Doctor of Philosophy in Physics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Franklin Medal
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surface form:
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics
Dirac Prize ⓘ Eddington Medal ⓘ Fundamental Physics Prize ⓘ Gruber Cosmology Prize ⓘ Oskar Klein Medal ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1947-02-27 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
New Brunswick, New Jersey
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surface form:
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| describedBySource | scientific literature on cosmic inflation ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Francis Low ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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MIT School of Science ⓘ
surface form:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science
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| employer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| familyName | Guth ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cosmology
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particle physics ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| genre | popular science writing ⓘ |
| givenName | Alan ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | Francis Low ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
inflationary universe theory
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surface form:
The Inflationary Universe
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| influenced |
Andrei Linde
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Paul Steinhardt ⓘ modern inflationary cosmology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cosmic inflation
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inflationary universe theory ⓘ new inflation model ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
eternal inflation
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false vacuum inflation ⓘ |
| notableWork |
inflationary universe theory
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surface form:
Inflationary universe: A possible solution to the horizon and flatness problems
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| occupation |
physicist
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university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Physics at MIT
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Victor F. Weisskopf ⓘ
surface form:
Victor F. Weisskopf Professor of Physics at MIT
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| researchInterest |
Big Bang cosmology
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early universe ⓘ quantum field theory in curved spacetime ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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