James Peebles

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Nobel laureate in Physics cosmologist human physicist

James Peebles is a Canadian-American physicist and cosmologist renowned for his pioneering work on the cosmic microwave background and the large-scale structure of the universe, for which he shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physics → cosmologist → human → physicist →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Science → Doctor of Philosophy →
awardReceived	2019 Nobel Prize in Physics → Crafoord Prize in Astronomy → Dirac Medal of the ICTP → Eddington Medal → Gruber Cosmology Prize → Heineman Prize for Astrophysics → Nobel Prize in Physics → Shaw Prize in Astronomy →
birthName	Phillip James Edwin Peebles →
countryOfCitizenship	Canada → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1935-04-25 →
doctoralAdvisor	Robert Dicke →
educatedAt	Princeton University → University of Manitoba →
employer	Princeton University →
familyName	Peebles →
fieldOfWork	astrophysics → cosmology → theoretical physics →
givenName	Phillip →
knownFor	Big Bang nucleosynthesis → Lambda-CDM model → cosmic microwave background radiation → dark energy → dark matter → large-scale structure of the universe →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → American Physical Society → National Academy of Sciences → Royal Society of Canada →
name	James Peebles →
notableWork	Physical Cosmology → Principles of Physical Cosmology → The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe →
placeOfBirth	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada →
positionHeld	Albert Einstein Professor of Science →
residence	United States of America →
sexOrGender	male →
sharedNobelPrizeWith	Didier Queloz → Michel Mayor →
workLocation	Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America →

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James Peebles →	name
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship →	notableRecipient