John Mather Lecture Presentation
From the Big Bang to the Nobel Prize and on to the James Webb Space Telescope and the Discovery of Alien Life
At an agency known for brilliant scientists, NASA astrophysicist and 2006 Nobel Prize winner John Mather stands out as one of the brightest. In this one-hour lecture, Dr. Mather explains everything from the Big Bang to the work he did to win a Nobel Prize to how we may someday discover alien life elsewhere in space.
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- Victoria Weeks (HTSI)
- Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC)
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- John Mather (NASA/GSFC)
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