George Smoot Quotes

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

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  Christian, Doubt, Bangs

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

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  Bangs, Events, Imagine

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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.

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  Thinking, World, Want

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

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  Done, Reactions, Chernobyl

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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

  Simple, Perspective, Someday

  "The God Particle, At the Heart of All Matter". ngm.nationalgeographic.com. March 2008.

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• Both my parents instilled an interest in science and mathematics.

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  Parent, Mathematics, Interest

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

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  Football, School, Track

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

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  Names, Fifth, Fifth Graders

  "Nobel physicist Smoot smarter than a 5th-grader" by Tanya Schevitz, www.sfgate.com. January 3, 2010.

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