John C. Mather Ph.D.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2006
Nobel Prize also awarded to George F. Smoot

Physicist - Astrophysics, Instrumentation. COBE, Blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation.

"For years I had successfully repelled all challenges to my concentration on one overwhelming responsibility. Now, it was done, and I switched my attention to ..."

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The Very First Light: The True Story Scientific Journey Back to the Dawn of the Universe
John C. Mather, John Boslough
Revised
Basic Books, 2008
0786726474, 9780786726479
353 pages
Science/Cosmology/General
In a revised and updated edition, the story behind the most important cosmological find of our generation.

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Cosmic Backgrouond Explorer
John C. Mather, Goddard Space Flight Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center
20 pages
Technologo & Engineering, Aeronautics & Astronautics

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Name: John Cromwell Mather
Birth: 7 Aug, 1946 Roanoke, Virginia
Institution: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Award: "for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation"
Subject: Astrophysics
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