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Mordehai Milgrom is a professor at the Weizmann Institute department of Condensed Matter Physics , located at 76100 Rehovot in Israel . His current research interests include: Galaxy dynamics : the dark-matter problem ; Modified Newtonian dynamics : As an alternative explanation to the dark matter and galaxies rotation curves problem, Milgrom suggested to modify Newton's Second Law for very small accelerations. His theory known as MOND. cosmology . High-Energy astrophysics : ultra-high-energy cosmic rays ; gamma-raybursters ; gamma - and x-ray sources. v t e1
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Mordehai Milgrom is an Israeli physicist and professor in the department of Condensed Matter Physics at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot , Israel .He is most famous for his proposal of Modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) as an alternative to the dark matter and galaxy rotation curve problems, in 1981.Milgrom suggests that Newton's Second Law be modified for very small accelerations.Milgrom is married and has three daughters.
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Mordehai (Moti) Milgrom is an Israeli physicist and professor in the department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot , Israel . He is best known for his proposal of Modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) as an alternative to the dark matter and galaxy rotation curve problems, in 1981. Milgrom suggests that Newton's Second Law be modified for very small accelerations. In the academic years 1980–1981 and 1985–1986 he was at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton . Milgrom is married and has three daughters.
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Mordehai " Moti " Milgrom is an Israeli physicist and professor in the department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot , Israel.
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Israeli physicist (born 1946) Mordehai " Moti " Milgrom is an Israeli physicist and professor in the department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot , Israel.
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Israeli physicist (born 1946) Mordehai " Moti " Milgrom ( Hebrew : מרדכי "מוטי" מילגרום ) is an Israeli physicist and professor in the department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot , Israel.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “professor at the weizmann institute department of condensed matter physics”. Today it says “israeli physicist and professor in the department of particle physics and astrophysics at the weizmann institut”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Biography”. Read the current article and compare.
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professor at the weizmann institute department of condensed matter physics
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israeli physicist and professor in the department of particle physics and astrophysics at the weizmann institut
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