Cosmic Microwave Background
Wilkinson helps build a radiometer intended to detect the predicted microwave background
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
David Todd Wilkinson Biography and Timeline
Follow David Todd Wilkinson through 3 dated historical records for United States of America.
David Todd Wilkinson, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1964–1972Years on this page
1964
1965
Cosmic Microwave Background
Wilkinson coauthors the Princeton paper explaining the cosmic microwave background result
1972
Cosmic Microwave Background
Wilkinson develops increasingly sensitive measurements of the microwave background
Records, sources and methodology
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