Arno Allan Penzias was a German-born physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1978 for his discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation, which helped to support the Big Bang theory. He was born on April 26, 1933 in Germany.
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💰 Net worth: $16.6 billion (2024)
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About
Physicist whose discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation aided in the development of the Big Bang theory. For his work, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1978.
Before Fame
He and his family fled Nazi Germany for the United States in 1940.
Trivia
His Nobel Prize-winning discoveries were detailed in the documentary Nova: A Whisper From Space.
Family Life
He married Anne Pearl Barras in 1954 and has children named David, Mindy and Rabbi Shifra.
Associated With
He shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics with Soviet Physicist Pyotr Kapitsa.