Lyman A. Page Jr. | |
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 Lyman in 2005 | |
| Born | Lyman Alexander Page, Jr.[3] September 24, 1957[4] |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Bowdoin College (BA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Known for | Co-leading the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe project |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Olson[5] |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Marc Aaronson Memorial Lectureship Shaw Prize in Astronomy Gruber Prize in Cosmology Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Institutions | Princeton University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bartol Research Foundation |
| Thesis | A measurement of the cosmic microwave background radiation anisotropy (1989) |
| Doctoral advisor | Stephan S. Meyer [2] |
Lyman Alexander Page, Jr. (born September 24, 1957) is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Physics at Princeton University. He is an expert in observational cosmology and one of the original co-investigators for the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) project that made precise observations of the electromagnetic radiation from the Big Bang, known as cosmic microwave background radiation.[6]
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- ^ "Lyman Alexander Page". INSPIRE-HEP. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
- ^ "Lyman Alexander Page Jr" (PDF). Princeton University. May 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- ^ "Lyman A. Page". American Institute of Physics. Archived from the original on July 4, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- ^ "Autobiography of Lyman A Page Jr". Shaw Prize Foundation. Archived from the original on July 4, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- ^ "Lyman Page". American Physical Society. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2015.