Author: George Smoot

Quotes

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

- George Smoot

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.

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

Both my parents instilled an interest in science and mathematics.

Both my parents instilled an interest in science and mathematics.

- George Smoot

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