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Robert W. Wilson

Robert W. Wilson
American physicist and radio astronomer Robert W. Wilson won the 1978 Nobel Prize in physics. While attempting to measure the intensity of radiation from a single, specific point in the sky, he discovered cosmic microwave background radiation.
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Background Radiation; Radio Astronomy; Wilson, Robert Woodrow
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