2003 U.S. Physics Olympiad Team Heard Lecture by 2006's Physics Nobelist

October 3, 2006--This year's winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, John Mather of NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, in Greenbelt, Md., was the keynote speaker at the U.S. Physics Olympiad Team's 2003 reception. The U.S. Physics Team consists of high school students selected to represent the U.S. at the world's most difficult high-school physics competition, the International Physics Olympiad. During their training camp held at the University of Maryland, they often hear speakers from the cutting edge of physics research.

On the Web:

For more information on Mather's discovery of the faint afterglow of the big bang, see:
2006 Nobel Prize in physics awarded for microwave map of the universe, in Wikinews
A Baby Picture That's Worth a Nobel Prize, in Physics News Update
Societies Honor U.S. Physics Team and Promote Science Education, from FYI
Photo of the future Nobelist giving his keynote speech at the U.S. Physics Team camp

Contact:

Martha Heil
American Institute of Physics
Tel: 301-209-3088
mheil@aip.org