David Spergel
David Spergel
David Nathaniel Spergel, is an American theoretical astrophysicist and Princeton University professorknown for his work on the WMAPmission. Spergel is a MacArthur Fellow. He is a member of the NASA Advisory Council and is chair of the Space Studies Board. He was once the W.M. Keck distinguished visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He was part of the team that originated the WMAP mission and designed the spacecraft, and has worked on deciphering the...
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With this new data, theories about the early universe have just taken their first exam, and they passed with flying colors.
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