Statements (42)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
astronomer
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gptkbp:affiliation |
gptkb:Harvard_University
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gptkbp:almaMater |
gptkb:Harvard_University
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gptkbp:author |
gptkb:B._P._Schmidt
gptkb:A._G._Riess S. Perlmutter |
gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:Gruber_Prize_in_Cosmology
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gptkbp:birthDate |
1949-11-02
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gptkbp:birthPlace |
gptkb:Newark,_New_Jersey,_USA
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gptkbp:collaborations |
gptkb:Supernova_Cosmology_Project
High-Z Supernova Search Team |
gptkbp:contribution |
Type Ia supernovae as standard candles
cosmological implications of supernovae measurements of the expansion of the universe |
gptkbp:fellowship |
gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Physical_Society gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society |
gptkbp:field |
astrophysics
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Robert P. Kirshner
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gptkbp:influenced |
many astrophysicists
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gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Robert_H._Dicke
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gptkbp:involved |
ground-based telescopes
Hubble_Space_Telescope_observations Chandra_X-ray_Observatory_observations Keck_Observatory_observations Palomar_Observatory_observations Subaru_Telescope_observations |
gptkbp:knownFor |
supernova research
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gptkbp:notableWork |
The_Extravagant_Universe
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gptkbp:position |
Professor of Astronomy
Chair_of_the_Department_of_Astronomy |
gptkbp:publications |
gptkb:Astrophysical_Journal
Nature Science Physics Today Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics |
gptkbp:researchFocus |
dark energy
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gptkbp:researchInterest |
data analysis
spectroscopy observational astronomy photometry theoretical astrophysics |