Robert Woodrow Wilson
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Robert Woodrow Wilson is an American radio astronomer best known for co-discovering the cosmic microwave background radiation, a key piece of evidence for the Big Bang theory.
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| Robert Woodrow Wilson canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American scientist
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human ⓘ physicist ⓘ radio astronomer ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in physics ⓘ |
| alive | true ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Albert A. Michelson Medal
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Crafoord Prize in Astronomy NERFINISHED ⓘ Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Draper Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics NERFINISHED ⓘ John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science NERFINISHED ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics 1978 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1936-01-10 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Houston, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coDiscovered | cosmic microwave background radiation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coDiscoveredWith | Arno Allan Penzias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Arno Allan Penzias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | John Hasbrouck Van Vleck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
California Institute of Technology
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Rice University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Bell Labs Holmdel, New Jersey
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Bell Telephone Laboratories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Wilson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astrophysics
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cosmology ⓘ radio astronomy ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasResidence | New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Big Bang cosmology
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observational cosmology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation
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providing key evidence for the Big Bang theory ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name | Robert Woodrow Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeCategory | Physics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| notableWork | measurement of cosmic microwave background radiation at 7.35 cm wavelength ⓘ |
| usedInstrument | Holmdel Horn Antenna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Holmdel, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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