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Mather, John Cromwell
(Math·er, John Cromwell)
Entry from US Dictionary
Pronunciation:
/ˈmaT͟Hər/
(
1946-
)
, US astrophysicist. His work with George Smoot on the COBE project advanced the study of the Big Bang theory. Nobel Prize for Physics (2006), shared with Smoot.
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