Scientists


Vera Rubin

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(1928-2016)
An American Astronomer who has received numerous awards for her work in astronomy such as the National Medal of Science and the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Identified a problem with galaxy rotation rates which helped to discover or imply the existence of dark matter.

Jim Peebles

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(1935-...)
Jim Peebles is widely considered to be one of the best theoretical cosmologists in the world.
He has contributed theoretical work in...
  • Primordial nucleosynthesis
  • Dark Matter
  • CMB
  • Structure Formation

George Gamow

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(1904-1968)
American polymath, theoretical physicist and cosmologist
Contributions Include
  • Stellar nucleosynthesis
  • Big Bang nucleosynthesis
  • Star Formation
  • Early supporter of the Big Bang theory

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