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Professor

Joseph I. Silk

Johns Hopkins University
Astronomer; Educator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Earth Sciences
Elected
2007
First to compute the imprint of primeval galaxies on the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMB). This and subsequent work on the effects of density perturbations on the angular structure of the CMB helped usher in the modern era of precision cosmology.
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