Philip James Edwin Peebles (born April 25, 1935) is a Canadian-American physicist and theoretical cosmologist. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A physicist is a Scientist who studies or practices Physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning Physical cosmology, as a branch of Astronomy, is the study of the large-scale structure of the Universe and is concerned with fundamental questions about its Usually known by the name "James" or "Jim", Peebles was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and completed his bachelor's degree at the University of Manitoba. Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116 sq mi of North America Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Canada, is the largest university located in the province of Manitoba. After completing his doctorate at Princeton University, he remained there and is currently a professor emeritus. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey.
Peebles made many important contributions to the big bang model. The Big Bang is the cosmological model of the Universe that is best supported by all lines of scientific evidence and Observation. With Robert Dicke and others (nearly two decades after George Gamov, Ralph A. Alpher and Robert C. Robert Henry Dicke ( May 6 1916 &ndash March 4 1997) was an American Physicist, who made important contributions to the fields of George Gamow (pronounced as ˈgamof ( March 4, 1904 &ndash August 19, 1968), born Georgiy Antonovich Gamov (Георгий Антонович Ralph Asher Alpher ( February 3, 1921 - August 12, 2007) was a U Herman), he predicted the cosmic microwave background radiation. Along with making major contributions to big bang nucleosynthesis, dark matter and dark energy, he has contributed throughout the theory of structure formation. In Physical cosmology, Big Bang nucleosynthesis (or primordial nucleosynthesis) refers to the production of nuclei other than those of H-1 (i In Physics and cosmology, dark matter is hypothetical Matter that does not interact with the electromagnetic force but whose presence can be inferred from In Physical cosmology, dark energy is a hypothetical exotic form of Energy that permeates all of space and tends to increase the rate of expansion of the universe Structure formation refers to a fundamental problem in Physical cosmology. Long before it was considered a serious, quantitative branch of physics, Peebles was studying physical cosmology and has done much to establish its respectability.
Honors
Awards
- Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1981)
- Heineman Prize (1982)
- Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (1993)
- Bruce Medal (1995)
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1998)
- Shaw Prize in Astronomy (2004)
- Crafoord Prize with James E. Gunn and Martin Rees (2005)
- Hitchcock Professorship (2006)
Named after him
- Asteroid 18242 Peebles
External links
- Bruce Medalists
- Personal Web page at Princeton University (Photos)
- Oral History interview transcript with Jim Peebles 4 and 5 April 2002, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
References
- B. The Eddington Medal, named after Sir Arthur Eddington, is awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society nominally once every two years for investigations of outstanding Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 The Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics is jointly awarded each year by the American Astronomical Society and American Institute of Physics for outstanding work Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The Henry Norris Russell Lectureship is awarded each year by the American Astronomical Society in recognition of a lifetime of excellence in astronomical research Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal is awarded every year by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for outstanding lifetime contributions to Astronomy. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The Gold Medal is the highest award of the Royal Astronomical Society. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The Shaw Prize, established by Sir Run Run Shaw (邵逸夫 b 1907 a leader in the media industry in Hong Kong and a long-time Philanthropist "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The annual Crafoord Prize is a science prize established in 1980 by Holger Crafoord, a Swedish industrialist and his wife Anna-Greta Crafoord James Edward Gunn (born 1938 is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University. Martin John Rees Baron Rees of Ludlow, OM, PRS (born 23 June 1942 in York) is an English cosmologist Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Asteroids, sometimes called Minor planets or planetoids', are bodies—primarily of the inner Solar System —that are smaller than planets but Rhatra and P. J. E. Peebles, "The cosmological constant and dark energy", Rev. Mod. Phys. 75, 559 (2003) arXiv:astro-ph/0207347.
- M. Fukugita, C. J. Hogan and P. J. E. Peebles, "The cosmic baryon budget", Astrophys. J. '503, 518 (1998) arXiv:astro-ph/9712020.
- P. J. E. Peebles, Principles of Physical Cosmology (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1993).
- B. Rhatra and P. J. E. Peebles, "Cosmology with a time-variable cosmological 'constant'", Astrophys. J. 325, L17 (1988).
- B. Rhatra and P. J. E. Peebles, "Cosmological consequences of a rolling homogeneous scalar field", Phys. Rev. D 37, 3406 (1988).
- M. Davis and P. J. E. Peebles, "A survey of galaxy redshifts. V - The two-point position and velocity correlations", Astrophys. J. 267, 465 (1983).
- P. J. E. Peebles, "Large-scale background temperature and mass fluctuations due to scale-invariant primeval perturbations", Astrophys. J. 263, L1 (1982).
- P. J. E. Peebles, The large-scale structure of the universe (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1980).
- E. J. Groth and P. J. E. Peebles, "Statistical Analysis Of Catalogs Of Extragalactic Objects. 7. Two And Three Point Correlation Functions For The High-Resolution Shane-Wirtanen Catalog Of Galaxies", Astrophys. J. 217, 385 (1977).
- J. P. Ostriker and P. J. E. Peebles, "A Numerical Study of the Stability of Flattened Galaxies: or, can Cold Galaxies Survive?", Astrophys. J. 186, 467 (1973).
- P. J. E. Peebles, Physical Cosmology, (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1971).
- P. J. E. Peebles and J. T. Yu, "Primeval adiabatic perturbation in an expanding universe", Astrophys. J. 162, 815 (1970).
- P. J. E. Peebles, "Origin of the Angular Momentum of Galaxies", Astrophys. J. 155, 393 (1969).
- P. J. E. Peebles and R. H. Dicke, "Origin of the Globular Star Clusters", Astrophys. J. 154, 891 (1968).
- P. J. E. Peebles, "Primordial Helium Abundance and the Primordial Fireball. II", Astrophys. J. 146, 542 (1966).
- P. J. E. Peebles, “Primordial Helium Abundance and the Primordial Fireball. I", Phys. Rev. Lett. 16, 410 (1966).
- R. H. Dicke, P. J. E. Peebles, P. G. Roll and D. T. Wilkinson, "Cosmic Black-Body Radiation", Astrophys. J. 142, 414 (1965).
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