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George Smoot

George Smoot Books

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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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“Man has emerged from dust of stars to contemplate the universe around him.”

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“Weinberg said: "The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless." I must disagree with my old teacher. To me the universe seems quite the opposite of pointless. It seems that the more we learn, the more we see how it all fits together. As we study the universe as a whole, we realize that microcosm and macrocosm are, increasingly, the same subject. By unifying them, we are learning that nature is as it is not because it is the chance consequence of a random series of meaningless events; quite the opposite. More and more, the universe appears to be as it is because it must be that way.”

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“The truth and treasure of the universe is its own existence, and our quest for that truth and treasure will be eternal, like the universe itself.”

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“Both my parents instilled an interest in science and mathematics.”

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“I think we all want to know where we came from and how we fit into the world, but some of us need to know how it all works in great detail.”

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“I played football and ran track in junior high, but by high school I was getting serious about my studies.”

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“With something like Chernobyl, the public reaction was Oh, my God, science has really done wrong.”

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“My name is George Smoot III, and I AM smarter than a fifth-grader.”

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“But every day I go to work I'm making a bet that the universe is simple, symmetric, and aesthetically pleasing — a universe that we humans, with our limited perspective, will someday understand.”

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“There is no doubt that a parallel exists between the big bang as an event and the Christian notion of creation from nothing.”

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“The big bang, the most cataclysmic event we can imagine, on closer inspection appears finely orchestrated.”

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Born: February 20, 1945
Known for: University Professor
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