robert woodrow wilson

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Definition of robert woodrow wilson in English English dictionary

born Jan. 10, 1936, Houston, Texas, U.S. U.S. radio astronomer. He joined Bell Laboratories in 1963 and headed its Radio Physics Research Department (1976-94). With his colleague Arno Penzias, he detected the cosmic background radiation, a discovery for which the two men shared a 1978 Nobel Prize (with Pyotr Kapitsa [1894-1984], who was honoured for research unrelated to theirs)

Hyphenation

Rob·ert woodrow Wil·son

Turkish pronunciation

räbırt wûdrō wîlsın

Pronunciation

/ˈräbərt ˈwo͝oˌdrō ˈwəlsən/ /ˈrɑːbɜrt ˈwʊˌdroʊ ˈwɪlsən/