Robert Woodrow Wilson je americký astronóm.
V roku 1978 dostal spolu s Arnom Allanom Penziasom Nobelovu cenu za fyziku za objav reliktového žiarenia.Vyštudoval Rice University v Houstone a California Institute of Technology v Pasadene, kde získal v roku 1962 doktorát. V rokoch 1963 – 1976 pracoval v Bell Labs v New Jersey, kde začal spolupracovať s Arnom Penziasom.
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“Cosmology is a science which has only a few observable facts to work with.”
Conclusion of his Nobel lecture http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1978/wilson-lecture.html (December 8, 1978) emphasizing that every new experimental discovery increases significantly our knowledge.
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