Georges Lemaître vs Norbert Wiener
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Compare the life timelines of Georges Lemaître (1894–1966) and Norbert Wiener (1894–1964) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 70 years, from 1894 to 1964.
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Georges Lemaître (1894–1966)
- — Born in Charleroi, Belgium Verified
- — Served as an artillery officer in the Belgian army during World War I Verified
- — Studied astronomy at Cambridge under Arthur Eddington Verified
- — Ordained a Catholic priest Verified
- — Earned a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Verified
- — Published the first paper proposing an expanding universe Verified
- — Appointed professor at the Catholic University of Louvain Verified
- — Proposed the 'primeval atom' hypothesis, forerunner of the Big Bang theory Verified
- — Became president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences Verified
- — Died in Leuven, Belgium Verified
Norbert Wiener (1894–1964)
- — Born in Columbia, Missouri Verified
- — PhD from Harvard University at age eighteen Verified
- — Joined the faculty of MIT Verified
- — Developed the mathematical theory of Brownian motion Verified
- — Worked on anti-aircraft fire control during World War II Verified
- — Published Cybernetics Verified
- — Published The Human Use of Human Beings Verified
- — Awarded the National Medal of Science Verified
- — Death in Stockholm, Sweden Verified