Ralph Alpher
Ralph Alpher · Science & Medicine
Cosmologist; Big Bang nucleosynthesis and prediction of cosmic microwave background
1921, Washington, D.C., USA — 2007, Austin, Texas, USA
United States
Ralph Alpher is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Cosmologist; Big Bang nucleosynthesis and prediction of cosmic microwave background
Ralph Alpher was an American cosmologist whose PhD work with George Gamow laid out Big Bang nucleosynthesis — how light elements formed in the early universe — and who, with Robert Herman, predicted the cosmic microwave background radiation in 1948. He was Jewish, from a family of Russian Jewish immigrants, and reported facing antisemitic barriers early in his career. The later confirmation of the microwave background validated his prediction and became decisive evidence for the Big Bang.
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Cosmologist; Big Bang nucleosynthesis and prediction of cosmic microwave background
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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