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. George Smoot detailfitgreat Change image and share on social
My name is George Smoot III, and I am smarter than a fifth-grader. George Smoot georgegraderiii Change image and share on social
People have contemplated the origin and evolution of the universe since before the time of Aristotle. Very recently, the era of speculation has given way to a time of science. George Smoot aristotlecontemplateera Change image and share on social
Both my parents instilled an interest in science and mathematics. George Smoot instillinterestmathematics Change image and share on social
The discovery and investigation of life on other planets is likely to change many of our ideas about how life arose on the Earth and even what is life and its natural development. George Smoot arisechangedevelopment Change image and share on social
I always think of space-time as being the real substance of space, and the galaxies and the stars just like the foam on the ocean. George Smoot foamgalaxyocean Change image and share on social
When I came to Berkeley, I met all these Nobel laureates and I got to know that they were regular people. They were very smart and very motivated and worked very hard, but they were still humans, whereas before they were kind of mythical creatures to me. George Smoot berkeleycreaturehard share on social
For many centuries, humans have speculated that there might be planetary systems around other stars and that there could be extraterrestrial life there and even intelligent being. However, those were simply speculations, and now we have evidence for the first part of these ideas. George Smoot centuryevidenceextraterrestrial share on social
With something like Chernobyl, the public reaction was 'Oh, my God, science has really done wrong.' George Smoot chernobylgodpublic Change image and share on social
I played football and ran track in junior high, but by high school I was getting serious about my studies. George Smoot footballhighjunior Change image and share on social
