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'''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>

'''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=https://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]]).

==Biography==

==Biography==

Dicke was born on May 6, 1916 in St. Louis, [[Montana]]. He received a bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1939, as well as a doctorate from the University of Rochester in 1941. In the same year he became a staff scientist at the radiation laboratory of MIT. In 1975 he was appointed Albert Einstein professor of science and nine years later he became emeritus professor.<ref>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/162137/Robert-H-Dicke</ref>

Dicke was born on May 6, 1916 in St. Louis, [[Montana]]. He received a bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1939, as well as a doctorate from the University of Rochester in 1941. In the same year he became a staff scientist at the radiation laboratory of MIT. In 1975 he was appointed Albert Einstein professor of science and nine years later he became emeritus professor.<ref>https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/162137/Robert-H-Dicke</ref>

Dicke's work was closely related to that of Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, who first measured the [[cosmic background radiation]], though Dicke was the theorist who explained it.<ref>http://www.astrosociety.org/pubs/mercury/9404/dicke.html</ref>  The 1978 [[Nobel Prize]] for Physics was awarded to Penzias and Wilson, but not Dicke, for this work.  Some people think that this was unfair, and that Dicke should also have won the Nobel Prize for any of his many other achievements also (such as his laser work).

Dicke's work was closely related to that of Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, who first measured the [[cosmic background radiation]], though Dicke was the theorist who explained it.<ref>http://www.astrosociety.org/pubs/mercury/9404/dicke.html</ref>  The 1978 [[Nobel Prize]] for Physics was awarded to Penzias and Wilson, but not Dicke, for this work.  Some people think that this was unfair, and that Dicke should also have won the Nobel Prize for any of his many other achievements also (such as his laser work).