Science · Engineering & invention
David Wilkinson
Cosmologist and radiometer builder
Also known as D. T. Wilkinson
Photograph · Image credit
Who they are
David Wilkinson coauthored the 1965 Princeton paper interpreting cosmic microwave radiation as a possible remnant of a hot early universe. He also helped build the Princeton radiometer. His work is presented alongside, but separately from, Penzias and Wilson’s measurement, preserving the roles of both the observational and theoretical teams.
He helps connect an unexpected background signal to an explicit cosmological interpretation and a program of measurement.
Selected contributions
- Coauthored Cosmic Black-Body Radiation with Dicke, Peebles and Roll and helped build the Princeton radiometer.Source ↗
Selected works
Academic paper · 1965 · Historical journal article
Cosmic Black-Body Radiation
Dicke, Peebles, Roll and Wilkinson connect background microwave radiation with a hot early universe. Read alongside the Penzias–Wilson measurement, it distinguishes cosmological interpretation from the observational report.
Reading scope & citation
Reused prior inspected evidence: Specified supporting passages inspected; detailed alternative cosmological calculations not independently evaluated. Reuses the input’s documented prior inspection: Specified supporting passages inspected; detailed alternative cosmological calculations not independently evaluated. No fresh full-work reread in this directory pass.
In the timeline
Biography sources & portrait credit
- Cosmic Black-Body Radiation ↗The Astrophysical Journal / American Astronomical Society; NASA ADS scan
Portrait credit
NASA. Public domain (U.S. federal government work). Via Wikimedia Commons.
Photograph. Cropped to 4:5, resized to 320 × 400 and converted to WebP.
Image source & identification ↗ · Public domain (U.S. federal government work) ↗
