Robert Woodrow Wilson(1936)

Physics

Robert Woodrow Wilson is a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1978) from United States. Their primary field is Physics. They were educated at Lamar High School and California Institute of Technology. They have been affiliated with California Institute of Technology.

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Nobel Prize in Physics (1978)
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Awards & Recognition

Nobel Prize in Physics

for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation

Bell Labs
1978

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Co-winners

Shared the same award in the same year

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Robert Wilson
Nobel Prize in Physics (1978)
PK
Pyotr Kapitsa
Nobel Prize in Physics (1978)
AP
Arno Penzias
Nobel Prize in Physics (1978)
AA
Arno Allan Penzias
Nobel Prize in Physics (1978)

Education

Lamar High School
California Institute of Technology(Doctor of Philosophy)
Rice University(Bachelor of Arts)

Career Timeline

California Institute of Technology1962–present
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory1994–present

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Other winners of the same award(s)

JB
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Japan Prize (1985)
JC
John Clarke
Nobel Prize in Physics (2025)
MH
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Nobel Prize in Physics (2025)
JM
John M. Martinis
Nobel Prize in Physics (2025)
GE
Geoffrey E. Hinton
Nobel Prize in Physics (2024)
JJ
John J. Hopfield
Nobel Prize in Physics (2024)
FK
Ferenc Krausz
Nobel Prize in Physics (2023)
AL
Anne L'Huillier
Nobel Prize in Physics (2023)

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