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Arno Allan Penzias

Arno Allan Penzias (/ˈpɛnziəs/; April 26, 1933 – January 22, 2024) was an American physicist and radio astronomer. He shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics with Robert Woodrow Wilson "for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation".

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Known for
Cosmic microwave background radiation
Awards
Henry Draper Medal (1977) · Nobel Prize in Physics (1978) · Harold Pender Award (1991) · IRI Medal (1998)
Education
City College of New York (BS) · Columbia University (MA, PhD)
Born
(1933-04-26)April 26, 1933 Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Children
5
Citizenship
Germany (until 1935) · Stateless (1935–1946) · United States (from 1946)

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Arno Allan Penzias → Harold Pender Award (1991), Henry Draper Medal (1977), IRI Medal (1998), Nobel Prize in Physics (1978)
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Arno Allan Penzias → City College of New York (BS), Columbia University (MA, PhD)
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Arno Allan Penzias → Bell Labs, Columbia University
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Arno Allan Penzias → (1933-04-26)April 26, 1933 Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Arno Allan Penzias → January 22, 2024(2024-01-22) (aged 90) San Francisco, California, US
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Arno Allan Penzias → Charles H. Townes
Doctoral students · 1
Arno Allan Penzias → Pierre Encrenaz

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Arno Allan PenziasThesisA tunable maser radiometer and the measurement of 21 cm line emission from free hydrogen in the Pegasus I cluster of galaxies (1962)1.00infobox
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