The Saga of John C. Mather
Category
Scientists & Inventors
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Active Era
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#83 in Scientists & Inventors
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ORIGINS & BACKGROUND
Profile & Early Foundations
John Cromwell Mather (born August 7, 1946) is an American astrophysicist and cosmologist.
THE JOURNEY & BREAKTHROUGHS
Major Works & Significant Milestones
He shared the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics with George Smoot for the "for their discovery of the black body form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation".
Key Milestone & Career Defining Moment
He shared the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics with George Smoot for the "for their discovery of the black body form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation".
