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Like the great British physicist Fred Hoyle, Dicke paid a heavy price for criticizing a theory favored by liberals (the Theory of Relativity): Dicke was denied a Nobel Prize.
'''Robert Henry Dicke''' (1916-1997) was one of the most accomplished American-born [[physicist]]s and experimental physicists in history. He made significant contributions to [[radar]], atomic physics, [[cosmology]], quantum optics, gravity physics, and astrophysics. Like the great British physicist [[Fred Hoyle]], Dicke paid a heavy price for criticizing the [[Theory of Relativity]]: Dicke was denied a Nobel Prize.
'''Robert Henry Dicke''' (1916-1997) was one of the most accomplished American-born [[physicist]]s and experimental physicists in history. He made significant contributions to [[radar]], atomic physics, [[cosmology]], quantum optics, gravity physics, and astrophysics. Like the great British physicist [[Fred Hoyle]], Dicke paid a heavy price for criticizing a theory favored by [[liberals]] (the [[Theory of Relativity]]): Dicke was denied a Nobel Prize.
A tribute by his colleagues, Princeton Professors W. Happer, P. J. E. Peebles, and D. T. Wilkinson, summed up Professor Dicke's career as follows:<ref>http://bob.nap.edu/html/biomems/rdicke.html (emphasis added).</ref>
A tribute by his colleagues, Princeton Professors W. Happer, P. J. E. Peebles, and D. T. Wilkinson, summed up Professor Dicke's career as follows:<ref>http://bob.nap.edu/html/biomems/rdicke.html (emphasis added).</ref>