Robert H. Wilson

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gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:National_Radio_Astronomy_Observatory
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
Fellow_of_the_American_Mathematical_Society
gptkbp:birthDate 1934-03-15
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Vera_Rubin
gptkb:Carl_Sagan
gptkb:John_Mather
gptkb:Roger_Penrose
Neil deGrasse Tyson
gptkbp:contribution Research on Black Holes
Public Outreach in Science
Astrophysical Research
Research on Exoplanets
Research on Dark Matter
Research on Dark Energy
Research on Stellar Evolution
Advancements in Radio Interferometry
Development of the Very Large Array
Research on Galaxy Formation
Research on Neutron Stars
Research on the Evolution of Galaxies
Studies of Cosmic Background Radiation
Radio_Telescope_Development
Research_on_Cosmic_Rays
Research_on_Gravitational_Waves
Research_on_the_Structure_of_the_Universe
Research_on_the_Cosmic_Microwave_Background_Radiation
gptkbp:deathDate 2018-01-15
2023-01-01
2013-05-10
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:fellowship gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers
gptkb:Optical_Society_of_America
gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkbp:field Physics
Radio Astronomy
gptkbp:hasFieldOfUse Mathematics
gptkbp:hasInfluenceOn Set theory
gptkbp:hasOccupation Mathematician
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert H. Wilson
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Albert_Einstein
Paul Erdős
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Stephen_Hawking
gptkbp:knownFor Astrophysics
Contributions to quantum mechanics
Contributions to set theory
Contributions to Radio Astronomy
Wilson's_Theorem_in_Mathematics
gptkbp:members gptkb:American_Astronomical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkb:International_Astronomical_Union
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Wilson's_Theorem
gptkbp:occupation Physicist
gptkbp:previousName gptkb:Robert_H._Wilson
Robert_William_Wilson
Dr._Robert_W._Wilson
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Journal_of_Cosmology_and_Astroparticle_Physics
gptkb:Astrophysical_Journal
Nature
Physical Review Letters
Science
gptkbp:researchAreas gptkb:Quantum_field_theory
gptkbp:researchInterest Quasars
Cosmic Microwave Background
Galactic Astronomy
Interstellar Medium
Pulsars
NASA Grants
NSF Grants
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jane_Wilson