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Saul Perlmutter

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Saul Perlmutter (born September 22, 1959) is an American astrophysicist who is a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Facts
Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1959 2
Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1959-09-22 2
Nationality
United States 1
Birthplace
Champaign, United States 1
Field
Field (category)
Physics 1
Field (category)
Astrophysics 1
Field (category)
Astronomy 1
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Source Saul Perlmutter (Wikipedia)
Source Saul Perlmutter (Wikipedia)
Source Saul Perlmutter (Wikipedia)

Proposed

Dark Energy, Theories
Additional Source Dark Energy (Wikipedia)Late-time dark energy section (edge: proposed-by, Perlmutter)

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Source Saul Perlmutter (Wikidata)
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1. Saul Perlmutter (Wikidata)
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United States
    Q30
  • P19 (place of birth): Champaign, United States
    Q577964
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2. Saul Perlmutter (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Lead section (entity-description)
    Saul Perlmutter (born September 22, 1959) is an American astrophysicist who is a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley.
  • Infobox (birth-date)
    Born: September 22, 1959
  • Infobox (birth-year)
    Born: September 22, 1959
  • Works In: Astrophysics, Lead sentence
    Saul Perlmutter (born September 22, 1959) is an American astrophysicist who is a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he holds the Franklin W. and Karen Weber Dabby Chair, and is head of the International Supernova Cosmology Project at the Lawrence Berkeley National
  • Member Of: National Academy of Sciences, Article text
    He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Perlmutter shared the 2006 Shaw Prize
  • Member Of: American Physical Society, Categories
    Category:Fellows of the American Physical Society
  • Member Of: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Article text
    He is a member of both the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2003. He is a member of the Nationa
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Dark Energy (Wikipedia)
WikipediaProposed: Dark Energy, Late-time dark energy section (edge: proposed-by, Perlmutter)
Quote, Proposed: Dark Energy, Late-time dark energy section (edge: proposed-by, Perlmutter)
The first direct evidence for dark energy came from supernova observations in 1998 of accelerated expansion in Riess et al. and in Perlmutter et al.
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