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Penzias

(ˈpɛntsɪəs; ˈpɛnz-)
n
(Biography) Arno Allan. born 1933, US astrophysicist, who shared the Nobel prize for physics (1978) with Robert W. Wilson for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation
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Pen•zi•as

(ˈpɛnt si əs, ˈpɛn zi-)

n.
Arno Allan, born 1933, U.S. astrophysicist, born in Germany: Nobel prize 1978.
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The letter is endorsed by the following 25 Nobel laureates in physics: Leon Neil Cooper (1972) , Brian David Josephson (1973) , Anthony Hewish (1974), Burton Richter (1976), Arno Allan Penzias (1978), Sheldon Lee Glashow (1979), James Cronin(1980), Nicholas Bloembergen (1981), Klaus von Klitz ing (1985), Jack Steinberger (1988), Douglas D.
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The German-born American physicist Arno Allan Penzias (b.
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