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Robert Wilson

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American astronomer (born 1936)

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Robert Woodrow Wilson is an American astronomer, physicist, and researcher. Born in Houston in 1936, he is educated at California Institute of Technology and Rice University. He has worked at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and California Institute of Technology. He resides in New Jersey and speaks English.

Wilson received the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Henry Draper Medal, the Herschel Medal, and the Karl G. Jansky Lectureship. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa Society, and American Astronomical Society. His work is recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection, Nobel Physics collection, and American Academy Arts Sciences collection.

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Died
1600
Works
142

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics1978

    “for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation”

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Instance of
human
Family name
Wilson
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Houston
Occupation
researcher
Educated at
Rice University
Employer
California Institute of Technology
Languages spoken
English language
Award
Karl G. Jansky Lectureship
Field of work
physics
Image
Robert Wilson (28215880301) (cropped) (cropped).jpg
Residence
New Jersey
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date of birth
1936-01-10
member of
American Physical Society
Commons category
Robert Woodrow Wilson
Erdős number
7
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interested in
physics
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Encyclopedic overview

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.

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