Changes

Jump to navigation Jump to search
5 bytes added ,  15:00, May 30, 2018
m
no edit summary
Line 1: Line 1: −
'''Robert Henry Dicke''' (1916-1997) was one of the greatest [[physicist]]s in history.  He made significant contributions to [[radar]], atomic physics, [[cosmology]], quantum optics, gravity physics, and astrophysics. Dicke was the most accomplished American physicist and yet was denied the Nobel Prize, despite winning numerous merit-based awards.<ref>He won the [[National Medal of Science]] in 1970. {{cite web|url=http://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recip_details.cfm?recip_id=104 |title=National Science Foundation - The President's National Medal of Science |publisher=Nsf.gov |accessdate=2014-01-02}}<br>In 1973 he was awarded the [[Comstock Prize in Physics]] from the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]]. {{cite web|title=Comstock Prize in Physics|url=http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_comstock|publisher=National Academy of Sciences|accessdate=13 February 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229195326/http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_comstock|archivedate=29 December 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
+
'''Robert Henry Dicke''' (1916-1997) was one of the greatest [[physicist]]s in history.  He made significant contributions to [[radar]], atomic physics, [[cosmology]], quantum optics, gravity physics, and astrophysics. Dicke was the most accomplished American-born physicist and yet was denied the Nobel Prize, despite winning numerous merit-based awards.<ref>He won the [[National Medal of Science]] in 1970. {{cite web|url=http://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recip_details.cfm?recip_id=104 |title=National Science Foundation - The President's National Medal of Science |publisher=Nsf.gov |accessdate=2014-01-02}}<br>In 1973 he was awarded the [[Comstock Prize in Physics]] from the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]]. {{cite web|title=Comstock Prize in Physics|url=http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_comstock|publisher=National Academy of Sciences|accessdate=13 February 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229195326/http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_comstock|archivedate=29 December 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
    
Like the great British physicist [[Fred Hoyle]], Dicke paid a heavy price for criticizing a theory favored by liberals (in the case of Dicke, he criticized the Theory of Relativity; in the case of Hoyle, he criticized the [[theory of evolution]]).
 
Like the great British physicist [[Fred Hoyle]], Dicke paid a heavy price for criticizing a theory favored by liberals (in the case of Dicke, he criticized the Theory of Relativity; in the case of Hoyle, he criticized the [[theory of evolution]]).
Anthony, Irenaeus, Siteadmin, apieditor, Bureaucrats, Check users, nsAm_Govt_101RO, nsAm_Govt_101RW, nsAm_Govt_101_ta, nsJudgesRO, nsJudgesRW, nsJudges_talkRO, nsJudges_talkRW, nsTeam2RO, nsTeam2RW, nsTeam2_talkRO, nsTeam2_talkRW, oversight, Administrators
126,194

edits

Navigation menu