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Also Known As Robert Henry Dicke
Born May 6, 1916 • Saint Louis • Missouri
Died March 4, 1997 (aged 80) • Princeton • New Jersey
Awards And Honors National Medal of Science (1971)
Subjects Of Study atomic physics • cosmology • general relativity • gravitation • microwave radiation • radiation • radar
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