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Alan Guth
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American theoretical physicist and cosmologist
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- Works
- 2
Top works
- Inflationary Universe
- Die Geburt des Kosmos aus dem Nichts. Die Theorie des inflationären Universums
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Key facts
- Born
- Alan Harvey Guth , ( 1947-02-27 ) February 27, 1947 (age 79) , New Brunswick, New Jersey , U.S.
- Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( BS , MS , PhD )
- Known for
- Cosmic inflation , Borde–Guth–Vilenkin theorem , Inflaton
- Spouse
- Susan Tisch ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1971 )
- Children
- 2, including Larry Guth
- Fields
- Cosmology , theoretical physics , particle physics
- Institutions
- Princeton , Columbia , Cornell , Stanford Linear Accelerator , MIT
- Doctoral advisor
- Francis E. Low
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Brunswick
- Child
- Larry Guth
- Occupation
- professor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- inflation
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Francis E. Low
- Field of work
- particle physics
- Image
- AlanGuthCambridge.jpg
- Residence
- United States
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- date of birth
- 1947-02-27
- Commons category
- Alan Guth
- influenced by
- Robert H. Dicke
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- birth name
- Alan Harvey Guth
- name in native language
- Alan Guth
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
Expansion · Future
Hubble's law · Redshift
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