George Smoot Quotes

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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…
• There is no doubt that a parallel exists between the big bang as an event and the Christian notion of creation from nothing.
• The big bang, the most cataclysmic event we can imagine, on closer inspection appears finely orchestrated.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• My name is George Smoot III, and I am smarter than a fifth-grader.
• Both my parents instilled an interest in science and mathematics.
• I played football and ran track in junior high, but by high school I was getting serious about my studies.
• When people really understand the Big Bang and the whole sweep of the evolution of the universe, it will be clear that humans are fairly…
• 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.
• 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…
• 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…

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