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James E. Gunn

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American astronomer

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James Edward Gunn is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University. Gunn's early theoretical work in astronomy has helped establish the current understanding of how galaxies form, and the properties of the space between galaxies.

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2019Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences
2013Bruce Medal
2008National Medal of Science
2005Gruber Prize in Cosmology
2005Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
2005Crafoord Prize in Astronomy
2001Petrie Prize Lecture
1994Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
1988Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics
1983MacArthur Fellows Program
1976Pilgrim Award
Joseph Weber Award for Astronomical Instrumentation

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James Edward Gunn is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University. Gunn's early theoretical work in astronomy has helped establish the current understanding of how galaxies form, and the properties of the space between galaxies. He also suggested important observational tests to confirm the presence of dark matter in galaxies, and predicted the existence of a Gunn-Peterson trough in the spectra of distant quasars.

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Born 1938 · age 87
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