Book contents
- Nobel Life
- Nobel Life
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 The Periodic Table
- 2 Eureka and Disney World
- 3 Flying High
- 4 I’ll Show You What a Woman Can Do
- 5 Toys’ Stories
- 6 Clarity
- 7 Mentoring
- 8 A Stroke of Colour
- 9 Impact Factors
- 10 Know Thyself
- 11 Memory and Vision
- 12 Words and People
- 13 Christmas and Carol
- 14 Rocket Science
- 15 The Big Bang Practice
- 16 Houston, We Have a Solution and Many Questions
- 17 À la Recherche of Space and Time
- 18 Leadership and Society
- 19 Of Kings and Cabbages
- 20 Foreword to the Future
- Acknowledgements
- Appendix: List of Nobel Laureates
- Credits
- Index
16 - Houston, We Have a Solution and Many Questions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 June 2021
- Nobel Life
- Nobel Life
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 The Periodic Table
- 2 Eureka and Disney World
- 3 Flying High
- 4 I’ll Show You What a Woman Can Do
- 5 Toys’ Stories
- 6 Clarity
- 7 Mentoring
- 8 A Stroke of Colour
- 9 Impact Factors
- 10 Know Thyself
- 11 Memory and Vision
- 12 Words and People
- 13 Christmas and Carol
- 14 Rocket Science
- 15 The Big Bang Practice
- 16 Houston, We Have a Solution and Many Questions
- 17 À la Recherche of Space and Time
- 18 Leadership and Society
- 19 Of Kings and Cabbages
- 20 Foreword to the Future
- Acknowledgements
- Appendix: List of Nobel Laureates
- Credits
- Index
Summary
Professor John Mather, you’ve been a key player at NASA for a long time, winning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006 and being one of the 100 most influential people in the world according to Time magazine’s list in 2007.
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- Nobel LifeConversations with 24 Nobel Laureates on their Life Stories, Advice for Future Generations and What Remains to be Discovered, pp. 161 - 170Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021