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Arno Allan Penzias
Cosmic radiation co-discoverer
Arno Allan Penzias (; April 26, 1933 – January 22, 2024) was an American physicist and radio astronomer. He shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics with Robert Woodrow Wilson "for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation".
Penzias was born in Munich, Germany, the son of Justine (née Eisenreich) and Karl Penzias, who ran a leather business. His grandparents had come to Munich from Poland and were among the leaders of the Reichenbachstrasse synagogue. At age six, he and his brother Gunther were among the Jewish children evacuated to Britain as part of the Kindertransport… More on Wikipedia →
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Interview with Nobel Laureates Robert Wilson and Arno Penzias - AT&T Archives
Arno Penzias, Nobel Prize in Physics 1978: Interview recorded in 2004
Arno Penzias: The Sound of Creation | CUNY Laureates
Interview with Arno Penzias, tape 1
Learning about how the universe was born: The story of the Horn Antenna
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Holmdel Horn Antenna
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