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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 on January 10, 1936. He holds citizenship in the United States and resides in New Jersey. Wilson was educated at the California Institute of Technology and Rice University. His professional career includes employment at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the California Institute of Technology. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Phi Beta Kappa Society, and the American Astronomical Society.

Wilson has received the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Henry Draper Medal, the Herschel Medal, and the Karl G. Jansky Lectureship. His field of work is physics, and he speaks English. While some records associate the name Robert Wilson with musical genres such as Chicago soul and classic soul, or with historical literary works, the primary subject here is the physicist recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection.

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Person · Open Library

Died
1600
Works
142

Top works

  • Deafman glance
  • Strategic and informational barriers to negotiation
  • Design of efficient trading procedures
  • A model of efficient discovery
  • The three Ladies of London

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1936
chicago soulclassic souldoo-wopnorthern soulpoppop soul
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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
4,408
Total plays
19,806

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folkClassicaltenorvocal

Robert Wilson (2 January 1907 – 25 September 1964) was a Scottish tenor. After beginning his career with the Rothesay Entertainers in Scotland, Wilson joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, with whom he performed from 1931 to 1937. He then began a long solo career in concerts, radio, variety and recording, becoming known especially for his performances of Scottish songs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wilson_(tenor) <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Robert+Wilson">Read more on Last.fm</a

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density

    · 1988 · cited 95,788x

  2. The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

    · 2021 · cited 85,169x

  3. Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation

    · 2011 · cited 56,560x

  4. Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support

    · 2009 · cited 46,839x

  5. Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso

    · 1996 · cited 39,802x

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics1978

    “for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation”

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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Robert Wilson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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