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Arno Allan Penzias
| Full Name of the recipient | Arno Allan Penzias |
|---|---|
| Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Year of Award | 1978 |
| Share in Award | 25.0% |
| Award Shared with | Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa (50.0%) Robert Woodrow Wilson (25.0%) |
| Motivation for the Award | for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation |
| Affiliation at the Time of Award | Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ, USA |
| Place of Birth | Munich, Germany DEU |
| Date of Birth | 26 April 1933 |
| Age at the time of Award | 44 years |
