George Smoot is an American cosmologist renowned for his work on cosmic microwave background radiation. In 1992, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, along with John Mather, for their discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation, which provided key evidence for understanding the early structure of the universe.
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“Both my parents instilled an interest in science and mathematics.”
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“My name is George Smoot III, and I AM smarter than a fifth-grader.”