Robert P. Kirshner

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Robert_P._Kirshner

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:birthDate	1949-08-15
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Virginia,_United_States
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gptkbp:editor	gptkb:Annual_Review_of_Astronomy_and_Astrophysics
gptkbp:field	gptkb:cosmology supernovae
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Robert P. Kirshner
gptkbp:knownFor	cosmic acceleration work on supernovae
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