Arno Penzias

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Arnold Allan Penzias (* 26. April 1933 in München; † 22. Januar 2024 in San Francisco) war ein deutsch-US-amerikanischer Physiker und Astronom. Er erhielt 1978 zusammen mit Robert Woodrow Wilson den Nobelpreis für Physik für die Entdeckung der kosmischen Mikrowellen-Hintergrundstrahlung.

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sagteJun 2005

I was born in Munich, Germany, in 1933. I spent the first six years of my life comfortably, as an adored child in a closely-knit middle-class family.

— Autobiographical notes at Nobelprize.org (June 2005)

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sagteJun 2005

It was taken for granted that I would go to college, studying science, presumably chemistry, the only science we knew much about.

— Autobiographical notes at Nobelprize.org (June 2005)

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sagteJun 2005

After a painful but largely successful struggle with courses and qualifying exams, I began my thesis work under Professor Townes.

— Autobiographical notes at Nobelprize.org (June 2005)

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sagteJun 2005

In retrospect, the research organization which emerged from the decade following the Bell System’s breakup deployed a far richer set of capabilities than its predecessor.

— Autobiographical notes at Nobelprize.org (June 2005)

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sagte1999

Astronomy leads us to an unique event, a universe which was created out of nothing and delicately balanced to provide exactly the conditions required to support life.

— As quoted in "The Designed 'Just-so' Universe" (1999) by Walter L. Bradley

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