I recall the eerie pleasure of getting a copy of the U-2…

The discovery and investigation of life on other planets is likely to change many of our ideas about how life arose on the Earth…

— George Smoot

“...But every day I go to work I'm making a bet that the universe is simple, symmetric, and aesthetically pleasing... ”

— George Smoot

People have contemplated the origin and evolution of the universe since before the time of Aristotle. Very recently, the era of speculation has given…

— George Smoot

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…

— George Smoot

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

— George Smoot

When I came to Berkeley, I met all these Nobel laureates and I got to know that they were regular people. They were very…

— George Smoot

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

— George Smoot

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

— George Smoot

Both my parents instilled an interest in science and mathematics.

— George Smoot

When people really understand the Big Bang and the whole sweep of the evolution of the universe, it will be clear that humans are…

— George Smoot

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

— George Smoot

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

— George Smoot

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,…

— George Smoot

I think we all want to know where we came from and how we fit into the world, but some of us need to…

— George Smoot

For many centuries, humans have speculated that there might be planetary systems around other stars and that there could be extraterrestrial life there and…

— George Smoot