R. H. Dicke

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
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gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Comstock_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Rumford_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1916-05-06
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri,_United_States
gptkbp:child gptkb:Robert_B._Dicke
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:Dicke_narrowing
gptkb:Dicke_model
gptkb:Dicke_radiometer
gptkb:Brans–Dicke_theory_of_gravitation
tests of general relativity
development of laser gyroscope
search for cosmic microwave background
solar oblateness measurements
gptkbp:deathDate 1997-03-04
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Princeton,_New_Jersey,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Edward_Condon
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkbp:field gptkb:cosmology
astrophysics
atomic physics
physics
gravity
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Robert_Henry_Dicke
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label R. H. Dicke
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:James_Peebles
gptkb:John_Archibald_Wheeler
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkb:Edward_Condon
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Dicke_narrowing
gptkb:Brans–Dicke_theory
gptkb:Dicke_model
gptkb:Dicke_radiometer
work on cosmic microwave background
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army_Signal_Corps
gptkb:Radiation_Laboratory,_MIT
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:James_Peebles
gptkb:David_Wilkinson
gptkb:P._James_E._Peebles
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Princeton,_New_Jersey,_United_States
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Annie_Dicke
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Effect_of_Collisions_upon_the_Doppler_Width_of_Spectral_Lines
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6