James Edwin Peebles Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for James Edwin Peebles, based on 3 World History Database records associated with Canada.

3 records1988–20033 events3 places

Chronological biography

1988

Rolling Scalar Field Cosmology1988

Science / Astronomy · Cosmologist · Dynamical Dark Energy Theory

Peebles and Bharat Ratra study a slowly evolving scalar field whose energy density changes with cosmic time, providing an influential precursor to dynamical dark energy models.

1993

Low Density Lambda Cosmology1993

Science / Astronomy · Cosmologist · Cosmological Constant Models

Peebles develops observational arguments for a low-matter universe containing a cosmological constant, helping establish Lambda cosmology before the supernova discovery of acceleration.

2003

Dark Energy Cosmology Review2003

Science / Astronomy · Cosmologist · Precision Cosmology

Peebles reviews the emerging evidence for an accelerating universe and the theoretical challenge posed by a dominant smooth dark-energy component.

Titles and roles

Cosmologist

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.