Robert Wilson

American astronomer (born 1936)

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Robert Wilson is an American astronomer born in 1936 who has made contributions to the field of astronomy. Without additional context about his specific discoveries or achievements, I cannot provide more detail about why his work matters to general readers.

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Died: 1600
Works: 142

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Deafman glance
Strategic and informational barriers to negotiation
Design of efficient trading procedures
A model of efficient discovery
The three Ladies of London

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1936

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Listeners: 4,408
Total plays: 19,806

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5 total works indexed

Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 94,969x
The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 77,608x
Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 55,890x
Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 45,564x
Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 38,950x

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date of birth: 1936-01-10
Commons category: Robert Woodrow Wilson
Erdős number: 7

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Robert Woodrow Wilson (born January 10, 1936) is an American astronomer who shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics with Arno Penzias "for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation".

While doing tests and experiments with the Holmdel Horn Antenna at Bell Labs in Holmdel Township, New Jersey, Wilson and Penzias discovered a source of noise in the atmosphere that they could not explain. After removing all potential sources of noise, including pigeon droppings on the antenna, the noise was finally identified as CMB, which served as important corroboration of the Big Bang theory.