Alan Harvey Guth

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Alan Harvey Guth

Occupation: Scientist Astronomy
Managed by: Yigal Burstein
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About Alan Harvey Guth

Alan Harvey Guth is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist. Guth has researched elementary particle theory. He is Victor Weisskopf Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Wikipedia
Born: February 27, 1947 (age 75 years), New Brunswick, NJ
Spouse(s): Susan Tisch ​(m. 1971)​
Known for: Cosmic inflation; Borde–Guth–Vilenkin theorem; Inflaton
Awards: Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, MORE
Books: The Inflationary Universe: The Quest for a New Theory of Cosmic Origins, MORE
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1971), MORE
Children: Larry Guth, Jennifer Lynn Guth

The Kavli Prize 2014.

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