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… — George Smoot Copy Share Image
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… — George Smoot Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“I recall the eerie pleasure of getting a copy of the U-2 Users' Manual .” — George Smoot Copy Share Image
“...But every day I go to work I'm making a bet that the universe is simple, symmetric, and aesthetically pleasing... ” — George Smoot Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The big bang, the most cataclysmic event we can imagine, on closer inspection appears finely orchestrated. — George Smoot Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I played football and ran track in junior high, but by high school I was getting serious about my studies. — George Smoot Copy Share Image
