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Robert Woodrow Wilson

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".

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Known for
Cosmic microwave background radiation
Alma mater
Rice University California Institute of Technology
Awards
Henry Draper Medal (1977) Nobel Prize in Physics (1978)
Born
(1936-01-10) January 10, 1936 (age 90) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Fields
Physics
Workplaces
Bell Laboratories Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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Alma mater · 1
Robert Woodrow Wilson → Rice University California Institute of Technology
Awards · 1
Robert Woodrow Wilson → Henry Draper Medal (1977) Nobel Prize in Physics (1978)
Born · 1
Robert Woodrow Wilson → (1936-01-10) January 10, 1936 (age 90) Houston, Texas, U.S.
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Robert Woodrow Wilson → Physics
Known for · 1
Robert Woodrow Wilson → Cosmic microwave background radiation
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Workplaces · 1
Robert Woodrow Wilson → Bell Laboratories Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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