Useful Links / Further Reading

The Nobel Laureates |
John C. Mather, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
George F. Smoot, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
COBE |
Presentation of the COBE project, NASA |
Scientific articles |
J. Mather et al., 1990, Astrophys. J (Letter) 354, 37 |
G. Smoot et al., 1992, Astrophys. J (Letter) 396, 1 |
R.W. Wilson, 1978, The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, Les Prix Nobel, 113 |
Books |
Mather, J.C. and Boslough, J. 1996: the very first light (BasicBooks 1996) |
Smoot, G. and Davidson, K. 1993: Wrinkles in Time (Little, Brown and Company, London 1993) |
Weinberg, S. 1993: The First Three Minutes, 2nd edition (BasicBooks 1988 & 1993) |
Streams during Nobel Week
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