The Nobel Prize in Physics 2006
Photo: P. Izzo
John C. Mather
Prize share: 1/2
Photo: J. Bauer
George F. Smoot
Prize share: 1/2
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2006 was awarded jointly to John C. Mather and George F. Smoot "for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation."
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