George Smoot

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/george-smoot

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1. When was George Smoot born?February 20, 1945
2. Where was George Smoot born?Concord, Florida, USA
3. How big is George Smoot?Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation and early universe cosmology
4. What is George Smoot known for?Donated funds to establish the Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics
5. What is the nobel prize awarded?2006 Nobel Prize in Physics (shared with John C. Mather)
6. What is the academic affiliations?University of California, Berkeley; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB): The faint, pervasive radiation left over from the Big Bang, providing a snapshot of the early universe.
Anisotropy: Variations or directional dependence in physical properties, such as temperature, in the CMB.
Black Body Spectrum: A theoretical spectrum of electromagnetic radiation emitted by an idealized object that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation.
Precision Cosmology: A field of cosmology that uses highly accurate measurements to constrain cosmological models and parameters.