Robert H. Dicke

Robert H. Dicke was an influential American physicist known for his contributions to cosmology and extragalactic astrophysics. He played a crucial role in the development of the theory of cosmic microwave background radiation, the afterglow from the Big Bang. Alongside his team, Dicke proposed experiments to detect this radiation, which eventually led to its discovery in 1965. His work helped shape our understanding of the universe's early conditions and provided key evidence for the Big Bang theory, significantly advancing the field of cosmology and our knowledge of the universe's structure and evolution.