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Ralph Asher Alpher

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American cosmologist (1921-2007)

United StatesScientistsLived 1921 to 2007 · aged 86
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Ralph Asher Alpher was an American cosmologist, who carried out pioneering work in the early 1950s on the Big Bang model, including Big Bang nucleosynthesis and predictions of the cosmic microwave background radiation.

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2005National Medal of Science
1993Henry Draper Medal
1980John Price Wetherill Medal
1975Magellanic Premium
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Clarence ZenerAlso won John Price Wetherill MedalWendy FreedmanAlso won Magellanic PremiumMartin SchwarzschildAlso won Henry Draper MedalIra S. BowenAlso won Henry Draper MedalLaurens HammondAlso won John Price Wetherill MedalFrancis HopkinsonAlso won Magellanic Premium

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United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1921 to 2007 · aged 86
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