Home › Authors › John C. Mather 👤 John C. Mather b. 1946 ยท 6 books Biography American astrophysicist, cosmologist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his work on the Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (COBE) with George Smoot. Books by John C. Mather Space telescopes and instrumentation I 2006 IR space telescopes and instruments 2003 The very first light 1996 Cosmic background explorer Cosmic background explorer 1986 Thermal detectors as x-ray spe Thermal detectors as x-ray spectrometers 1984 Cosmological background radiat Cosmological background radiation satellite 1974