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    Robert Henry Dicke (/ˈdɪki/; May 6, 1916 – March 4, 1997) was an American astronomer and physicist who made important contributions to the fields of astrophysics...
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  • Attempts to incorporate a variable speed of light into physics were made by Robert Dicke in 1957, and by several researchers starting from the late 1980s. VSL...
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    by Robert Dicke and Robert Beringer. 1946: Robert Dicke predicts a microwave background radiation temperature of 20 K (ref: Helge Kragh) 1946: Robert Dicke...
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  • In physics, the Brans–Dicke theory of gravitation (sometimes called the Jordan–Brans–Dicke theory) is a competitor to Einstein's general theory of relativity...
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    fine-tuned to this 'special' value. The problem was first mentioned by Robert Dicke in 1969.: 62,  : 61  The most commonly accepted solution among cosmologists...
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    detectable. 1964–65 – Arno Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson measure the temperature to be approximately 3 K. Robert Dicke, James Peebles, P. G. Roll, and D...
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  • by some and that are contingent upon empirical verification. In 1961, Robert Dicke noted that the age of the universe, as seen by living observers, cannot...
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    highlight the difference between that and the Steady-State model. 1961 – Robert Dicke argues that carbon-based life can only arise when the gravitational force...
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    Electromagnetic Interaction May Be Variable" under the supervision of Robert Dicke. He remained at Princeton for his whole career. Peebles was a Member...
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  • Dicke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Amie Dicke (born 1978), Dutch artist Finn Dicke (born 2004), Dutch footballer Pien Dicke...
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