Nobel Prize in Physics 2006

John C. Mather

Photo: P. Izzo

Prize share: 1/2

George F. Smoot

Photo: J. Bauer

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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