1978 CE
Nobel Prize in Physics 1978
Nobel Prizes · Physics
The 1978 award linked this prize to Pyotr Kapitsa, Arno Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
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Recipient of this award: Pyotr Kapitsa
Check the official award recordRecipient of this award: Arno Penzias
Check the official award recordRecipient of this award: Robert Woodrow Wilson
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