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John C. Mather
John C. Mather | |
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| Born | August 7, 1946 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Swarthmore College University of California, Berkeley |
| Known for | Cosmic microwave background radiation |
| Awards |  Nobel Prize in Physics (2006) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics, cosmology |
| Institutions | NASA |
Professor John Cromwell Mather (born 7 August 1946 in Roanoke, Virginia) is an American astrophysicist and cosmologist. He was given the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006 for his work on cosmic microwave background radiation and COBE satellite with George Smoot. The COBE satellite measures black holes and cosmic radiation.
This work supported the big-bang theory of the universe beginning. It made cosmology much more accurate. The Nobel Prize committee said: "the COBE-project can also be regarded as the starting point for cosmology as a precision science."[1]
Mather is a Senior Astrophysicist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. He is a professor of physics at the University of Maryland, College Park. In 2007, Mather was listed in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in The World.
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2006" (.PDF) (Press release). The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 3 October 2006. Retrieved 2006-10-05.
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