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Alan Guth

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Alan Harvey Guth (born February 27, 1947) is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist who is the Victor Weisskopf Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1947 1
Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1947-02-27 1
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Additional Source Cosmic Inflation (Wikipedia)Early inflationary models section (edge: proposed-by, Guth)
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1. Alan Guth (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Lead section (entity-description)
    Alan Harvey Guth (born February 27, 1947) is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist who is the Victor Weisskopf Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • Infobox (birth-date)
    Born: February 27, 1947
  • Infobox (birth-year)
    Born: February 27, 1947
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Cosmic Inflation (Wikipedia)
WikipediaProposed: Cosmic Inflation, Early inflationary models section (edge: proposed-by, Guth)
Quote, Proposed: Cosmic Inflation, Early inflationary models section (edge: proposed-by, Guth)
Guth proposed inflation in January 1981 to explain the nonexistence of magnetic monopoles; it was Guth who coined the term inflation.
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