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Ralph Asher Alpher (February 3, 1921 – August 12, 2007) was an American cosmologist, who carried out pioneering work in the early 1950s on the Big Bang model, including Big Bang nucleosynthesis and predictions of the cosmic microwave background radiation.
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| Ralph Alpher | Alma mater | George Washington University | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ralph Alpher | Awards | Magellanic Premium (1975) Henry Draper Medal (1993) National Medal of Science (2005) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ralph Alpher | Born | Ralph Asher Alpher (1921-02-03)February 3, 1921 Washington, D.C., U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ralph Alpher | Died | August 12, 2007(2007-08-12) (aged 86) Austin, Texas, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ralph Alpher | Doctoral advisor | Georg Antonovich Gamow | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ralph Alpher | Fields | Cosmology, Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ralph Alpher | Known for | First modern physical theory of nucleosynthesis and prediction of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation in 1948. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ralph Alpher | Workplaces | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, General Electric Research and Development Center, Union College, Dudley Observatory | 1.00 | infobox |
| helium | instance of | building up heavier elements | 0.80 | text |
| etc.Alpher argued that the Big Bang would create hydrogen | instance of | building up heavier elements | 0.80 | text |
| heavier elements in the correct proportions to explain their abundance in the early universe | instance of | building up heavier elements | 0.80 | text |
| Ralph Alpher | related to External links | Website | 0.60 | section |
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