Phillip James Edwin Peebles
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Phillip James Edwin Peebles is a Canadian-American cosmologist and astrophysicist renowned for his pioneering work on the cosmic microwave background and large-scale structure of the universe, for which he shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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| Phillip James Edwin Peebles canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
astrophysicist
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cosmologist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Nobel Prize in Physics
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surface form:
2019 Nobel Prize in Physics
Crafoord Prize ⓘ
surface form:
Crafoord Prize in Astronomy
Dirac Prize ⓘ
surface form:
Dirac Medal
Eddington Medal ⓘ Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ Heineman Prize for Astrophysics ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Shaw Prize in Astronomy ⓘ |
| citizenshipStatus | Canadian-American ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Canada
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United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Princeton University
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University of Manitoba ⓘ |
| employer | Princeton University ⓘ |
| familyName | Peebles ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astrophysics
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cosmic microwave background radiation ⓘ cosmology ⓘ large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ physical cosmology ⓘ |
| givenName | Phillip ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Physical Society
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ |
| middleName | James Edwin ⓘ |
| notableAwardSharedWith | James Peebles' co-laureates of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pioneering work on large-scale structure of the universe
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pioneering work on the cosmic microwave background ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Peebles–Yu model of photon–baryon fluid
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books on physical cosmology ⓘ contributions to the standard model of cosmology ⓘ development of theoretical framework for cosmic microwave background anisotropies ⓘ theory of cosmic microwave background radiation ⓘ theory of large-scale structure formation in the universe ⓘ work on Big Bang nucleosynthesis ⓘ work on dark energy and cosmological constant ⓘ work on dark matter in cosmology ⓘ work on structure formation in the universe ⓘ |
| occupation |
physicist
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university teacher ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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