Michel Mayor

Nobel Lecture

Plurality of Worlds in the Cosmos: A Dream of Antiquity, A Modern Reality of Astrophysics

Michel Mayor delivered his Nobel Lecture on Sunday 8 December 2019, at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was introduced by Professor Mats Larsson, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics.

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