Ralph Asher Alpher (February 3, 1921 – August 12, 2007) was an American cosmologist, who carried out pioneering work in the early 1950s on the Big Bang...
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In physical cosmology, the Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paper, or αβγ paper, was created by Ralph Alpher, then a physics PhD student, his advisor George Gamow,...
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Alpher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ralph Alpher (1921–2007), American cosmologist Yossi Alpher (born 1942), Israeli writer...
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Gamow, his student Ralph Alpher, and their associates in the late 1940s, having resuscitated it from Middle English after Alpher found it in Webster's...
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estimates a temperature of 50 K. 1948: Ralph Alpher and Robert Herman re-estimate Gamow's estimate at 5 K. 1949: Ralph Alpher and Robert Herman re-re-estimate...
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February 13, 1997) was an American astronomer, best known for his work with Ralph Alpher in 1948–50, on estimating the temperature of cosmic microwave background...
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In the late 1940s, George Gamow's assistant cosmological researcher Ralph Alpher, proposed the name ylem for the primordial substance that existed between...
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developed by George Gamow, who introduced BBN and whose associates, Ralph Alpher and Robert Herman, predicted the CMB. Ironically, it was Hoyle who coined...
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predicted in 1948 by Ralph Alpher and Robert Herman, in a correction they prepared for a paper by Alpher's PhD advisor George Gamow. Alpher and Herman were...
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graduate student Ralph Alpher the task of solving the equations numerically. These results of Gamow and Alpher appeared in 1948 as the Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paper...
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estimate an intergalactic temperature of 2.8 K in 1933. American physicists Ralph Alpher and Robert Herman predicted 5 K for the temperature of space in 1948...
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nucleosynthesis began with the calculations of Ralph Alpher in the 1940s. Alpher published the Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paper that outlined the theory of light-element...
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in 2000. Researchers at GE Global Research include:[citation needed] Ralph Alpher, cosmologist William David Coolidge, physicist Ivar Giaever, Nobel Laureate...
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another man.: 107 The name of the story is likely derived from that of Ralph Alpher, who himself was convinced of the connection. The ancient computer in...
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and educator Horatio Allen (1802–1889), railroad engineer and inventor Ralph Alpher (1921–2007), cosmologist, won National Medal of Science for seminal work...
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constant may be small because it is decreasing slowly with time. 1948 – Ralph Alpher, Hans Bethe ("in absentia"), and George Gamow examine element synthesis...
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stars Alpher, Bethe, Gamow, Dalton, Ephron, and Zwicky. The first three are an allusion to the famous Alpha-Beta-Gamma paper written in 1948 by Ralph Alpher...
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Essential Theatre Prize in 2000 and 2004. Background, about physicist Ralph Alpher, was published by Isotope: A Literary Journal of Nature and Science Writing...
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Steady State theory of Hoyle, Gold and Bondi, and the big bang theory of Ralph Alpher, George Gamow, and Robert Dicke with a small number of supporters of...
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helped establish the Big Bang theory, the scientists Robert Herman and Ralph Alpher had also worked on that field. In quantum mechanics Jewish role was significant...
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formulation of the Big Bang theory by Georges Lemaître. George Gamow, Ralph Alpher, and Robert Herman had calculated that there should be evidence for a...
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over the award for a serendipitous discovery since it did not include Ralph Alpher and Robert Herman, who predicted the cosmic microwave background radiation...
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Humanist Association. Ralph Alpher: American cosmologist. He is famous for the seminal paper on Big Bang nucleosynthesis called the Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paper...
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locomotive engine 2007: First 24 cylinder internal combustion engine Ralph Alpher, cosmologist LeRoy Apker, solid-state physicist George C. Baldwin, theoretical...
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in 1948 by George Gamow and Ralph Alpher, and by Alpher and Robert Herman as due to the hot Big Bang model. Moreover, Alpher and Herman were able to estimate...
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model for the continued gravitational contraction of a star. 1948 – Ralph Alpher and Robert Herman predict the cosmic microwave background. 1949 – Cornelius...
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work in the field of sustainable built environment and climate actions Ralph Alpher, "father of the Big Bang theory" Anousheh Ansari (M.S., 1992), chairwoman...
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asterisk (*). Ralph Alpher (agnostic/humanist) – American cosmologist; known for the seminal paper on Big Bang nucleosynthesis, the Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paper...
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including Georges Lemaître, who first theorised that there was a big bang, Ralph Alpher, who stated that the light from this should be detectable, and Cecilia...
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as Alfvén waves Ralph Alpher (1921–2007): American cosmologist; known for the seminal paper on Big Bang nucleosynthesis, the Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paper...
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