Properties (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Astrophysicist
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| gptkbp:academicAdvisor |
gptkb:Robert_H._Dicke
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| gptkbp:affiliation |
gptkb:Harvard_University
|
| gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:Gruber_Prize_in_Cosmology
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| gptkbp:birthDate |
1948-07-02
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| gptkbp:birthPlace |
New_York_City,_New_York,_USA
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| gptkbp:collaborations |
gptkb:Brian_Schmidt
gptkb:Adam_Riess gptkb:Saul_Perlmutter |
| gptkbp:contribution |
Studies of the Milky Way
Studies of dark matter Studies of galaxy clusters Studies of gravitational waves Studies of stellar populations Studies of the cosmic web Studies of exoplanets Studies of cosmic rays Studies of galaxy formation Studies of black holes Studies of gamma-ray bursts Studies of interstellar medium Studies of quasars Type Ia supernovae as standard candles Studies of cosmic inflation Studies of cosmic acceleration Studies of cosmic evolution Studies of cosmic microwave background radiation Studies of cosmic topology Studies of gravitational lensing Studies of large-scale structure of the universe Studies of neutrinos Studies of primordial nucleosynthesis Studies of stellar evolution Studies of supernova remnants Studies of the Local Group Studies of the age of the universe Studies of the expansion rate of the universe Studies of the observable universe Studies of the universe's composition Studies of the universe's fate Understanding of cosmic distances Studies of cosmic microwave background anisotropies Discovery_of_the_accelerating_expansion_of_the_universe |
| gptkbp:education |
gptkb:Harvard_University
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| gptkbp:field |
Astronomy
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Robert Kirshner
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| gptkbp:influences |
gptkb:Edwin_Hubble
gptkb:Vesto_Melvin_Slipher |
| gptkbp:knownFor |
Supernova_research
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| gptkbp:notableFeature |
gptkb:Avi_Loeb
|
| gptkbp:publications |
gptkb:The_Universe_in_a_Nutshell
The Cosmic Perspective The_Extravagant_Universe Supernovae_and_Nucleosynthesis |
| gptkbp:researchFocus |
Dark energy
|
| gptkbp:researchInterest |
Photometry
Spectroscopy Observational astronomy |