Arno Allan Penzias

Arno Allan Penzias (born 26 Aprile 1933) is an American physicist, radio astronomer an Nobel laureate in physics wha is co-discoverer o the cosmic microwave backgrund radiation, which helped establish the Big Bang theory o cosmology.

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Arno Allan Penzias
Born (1933-04-26) 26 Aprile 1933 (age 89)
Munich, Germany
NaitionalityUnitit States
Alma materCity College of New York
Columbia Varsity
Kent forCosmic Microwave Backgrund Radiation
Hauf-marrae(s)Anne Pearl Barras (m. 1954; 3 bairns)[1]
AwairdsHenry Draper Medal (1977)
Nobel Prize in Physics (1978)
Harold Pender Awaird (1991)
IRI Medal (1998)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsBell Labs

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