Penzias, Arno A.

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Penzias, Arno Allan 1933-

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Penzias, Arnold Allan 1933-

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ペンジアス, アーノウ

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Penzias, Arno Allen 1933-

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Astrophysicist.

From the description of Papers of Arno A. Penzias. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71208767

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1933, April 26 Born, Munich, Germany 1939 Fled with family from Germany to England 1940 Immigrated to the United States with his family and settled in New York, N.Y. 1946 Became a naturalized citizen of the United States 1954 B.S., College of the City of New York, New York, N.Y. Married Anne Pearl Barras 1954 1956 Radar officer, Army Signal Corps 1956 1958 Research assistant, Columbia Radiation Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1958 M.A., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1961 Started thirty-seven year career at Bell Laboratories and its successor Lucent Technologies 1962 Ph.D. in physics, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1964 Discovered with Robert W. Wilson uniform microwave radiation emanating from all directions in the universe, documenting the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe 1972 1976 Director, Radio Research Laboratories, Bell Laboratories 1978 Awarded with Robert W. Wilson the Nobel Prize for Physics 1981 1995 Vice president for research, Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies 1989 Published Ideas and Information: Managing in a High-Tech World. New York: Norton 1995 Published Harmony: Business, Technology & Life after Paperwork. New York: HarperBusiness 1995 1998 Vice president and chief scientist, AT &T Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies, Bell Laboratories Innovations 1998 Retired from Lucent Technologies and became a venture partner with New Enterprise Associates From the guide to the Arno A. Penzias Papers, 1931-2006, (bulk 1963-1998), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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