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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.
Biographical. My grandparents moved to Texas from the South after the U.S. Civil War and settled on small farms in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. Both families emphasized education as the way to improve their children’s lives and both my parents managed to graduate from college.
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.
Robert Wilson is an American physicist born in Houston, Texas, on January 10, 1936, who received the Nobel Prize in 1978 for discovering the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Interested in electronics from an early age, Wilson excelled in math and science in high school as well as being actively involved in his high school music program.
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. Work. Radiation falls toward the earth from outer space.
Jul 22, 2024 · Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the United States (1913–21), a scholar and statesman best remembered for his legislative accomplishments and his idealism. Wilson led the U.S. into World War I and became the creator of the League of Nations, for which he was awarded the 1919 Nobel Prize for Peace.
1936- American physicist, astronomer, and sculptor who was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1978 for the serendipitous discovery, with Arno Penzias in 1964-65, of the cosmic background microwave radiation that had been predicted by Robert Dicke as the energy remaining from the Big Bang that occurred at the formation of the universe.
Oct 29, 2009 · Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), the 28th U.S. president, served in office from 1913 to 1921 and led America through World War I (1914-1918). Remembered as an advocate for democracy, progressivism...
That vision, of a world made safe and prosperous by the collective action of all nations, explains the enduring power of what former secretary of defense and head of the World Bank Robert McNamara called “Wilson's ghost.”
Robert Woodrow Wilson talks about how he became interested in science; his shift to radio astronomy (7:27); the time at Bell Labs (15:51); his work together with Arno Penzias (20:15); the detection of cosmic microwave background radiation (27:40); his interaction with cosmologists (35:47); why Bell Labs became so successful (44:24); and his ...
