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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.
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
With something like Chernobyl, the public reaction was Oh, my God, science has really done wrong.
George Smoot
My name is George Smoot III, and I AM smarter than a fifth-grader.
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 fairly insignificant.
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 even intelligent being. However, those were simply speculations, and now we have evidence for the first part of these ideas.
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 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
I played football and ran track in junior high, but by high school I was getting serious about my studies.
George Smoot