Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize Talks: John C. Mather Released 2014-05-22 Is there life on Mars? NASA researcher John Mather, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2006 for mapping the traces of the first light emitted by the young universe, believes that where there’s water, there’s likely to be life. And he thinks that the chances of finding…

Nobel Prize Talks: George F. Smoot Released 2014-05-09 How big is the universe? And how do you stay grounded when working in the mind-bending field of cosmology? These are questions for George Smoot, awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics for his explorations of the remnants of the first light emitted by the expanding universe.…

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Interview transcript [Andrew Fire] – Hello. [Adam Smith] – Good morning, may I speak to Professor Fire please? [AF] – This is he. [AS] – Oh hello, my name is Adam Smith. I’m calling from the official website of the Nobel Foundation. First of all of…

Interview transcript [Unidentified] – Hello. [Adam Smith] – Hello, may I speak to Professor Phelps please? [Unidentified] – Who’s calling? [AS] – I’m calling from the official website of the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, and my name is Adam Smith. [Unidentified] – Yes, ha, ha, ha.…

The Nobel Laureates, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory COBE, NASA Scientific articlesJ. Mather et al., 1990, Astrophys. J (Letter) 354, 37G. Smoot et al., 1992, Astrophys. J (Letter) 396, 1R.W. Wilson, 1978, The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, Les Prix Nobel, 113 BooksMather, J.C. and Boslough, J. 1996: the very first light (BasicBooks 1996)Smoot, G.…