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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

Topics: Before Berkeley Came Creatures Got Hard Humans Kind Know Laureate Me Met Motivated Mythical Nobel People Regular Regular People Smart Still Very Were Whereas Worked I Came

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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

Topics: Always Being Galaxies Just Like Ocean Real Space Stars Substance Think

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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

Topics: Aristotle Before Era Evolution Given Origin People Recently Science Since Speculation Time Universe Very Way

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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

Topics: Came Detail Fit Great How Know Need Some Think Us Want Where Works World I Think

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

~George Smoot

Topics: Am George Name Smarter Than I Am Iii

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

~George Smoot

Topics: Done God Like Oh Oh My God Public Reaction Really Science Something Wrong

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Both my parents instilled an interest in science and mathematics.

~George Smoot

Topics: Both Both My Parents Instilled Interest Mathematics Parents Science

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

~George Smoot

Topics: About Football Getting High High School Junior Junior High Played Ran School Serious Studies Track

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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

Topics: Bang Big Big Bang Clear Evolution Fairly Humans Insignificant People Really Sweep Understand Universe Whole Will

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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

Topics: Around Being Centuries Could Even Evidence Extraterrestrial First However Humans Ideas Intelligent Life Many Might Now Other Part Planetary Simply Stars Systems Those Were

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: February 20th, 1945

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