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Arno Penzias

Deutschland · Wissenschaftler · Lebte 1933 bis 2024 · im Alter von 90

Arno Penzias wird in 78 Sprachen etwa 97 Mal am Tag gelesen.

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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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2024Gestorben22. Januar 20242005“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.”Eigene WorteJuni 2005Autobiographical notes at Nobelprize.org (June 2005)

“After a painful but largely successful struggle with courses and qualifying exams, I began my thesis work under Professor Townes.”Eigene WorteJuni 2005Autobiographical notes at Nobelprize.org (June 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.”Eigene WorteJuni 2005Autobiographical notes at Nobelprize.org (June 2005)

1999“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.”Eigene WorteAs quoted in "The Designed 'Just-so' Universe" (1999) by Walter L. Bradley

1998IRI MedalAuszeichnung1995“The Bible talks of purposeful creation. What we have, however, is an amazing amount of order; and when we see order, in our experience it normally reflects purpose.”Eigene WorteAs quoted in The Voice of Genius : Conversations with Nobel Scientists and Other Luminaries (1995) by Denis Brian

1991Harold Pender AwardAuszeichnung1990George E. Pake PrizeAuszeichnung1983Karl G. Jansky LectureshipAuszeichnung1978“A closed universe, one that explodes, expands, falls back on itself and explodes again, repeating the process over and over eternally, that would be a pointless universe.”Eigene Worte12. März 1978As quoted in "Clues to Universe Origin Expected" by Malcolm W. Browne, in The New York Times (12 March 1978); the final sentence of this

Nobel Prize in PhysicsAuszeichnung1977Henry Draper MedalAuszeichnungHerschel MedalAuszeichnung1976Honorary Doctorate of Paris Observatory, PSL UniversityAuszeichnung1975Fellow of the American Physical SocietyAuszeichnung1933Geboren26. April 1933

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  1. 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.

    Juni 2005, Autobiographical notes at Nobelprize.org (June 2005), Eigene Worte

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

    Juni 2005, Autobiographical notes at Nobelprize.org (June 2005), Eigene Worte

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

    Juni 2005, Autobiographical notes at Nobelprize.org (June 2005), Eigene Worte

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Auszeichnungen

IRI Medal1998
Harold Pender Award1991
George E. Pake Prize1990
Karl G. Jansky Lectureship1983
Nobel Prize in Physics1978
Henry Draper Medal1977
Herschel Medal1977
Honorary Doctorate of Paris Observatory, PSL University1976
Fellow of the American Physical Society1975
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Lebte 1933 bis 2024 · im Alter von 90

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