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) |
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
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