George F. Smoot

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astrophysicist cosmologist human physicist

George F. Smoot is an American astrophysicist and cosmologist best known for his Nobel Prize–winning work on cosmic microwave background radiation, which provided strong evidence for the Big Bang theory.

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instanceOf astrophysicist ⓘ
cosmologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Science ⓘ
Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ
awardReceived Albert Einstein Medal ⓘ
surface form: Einstein Medal

Gruber Cosmology Prize ⓘ
James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1945-02-20 ⓘ
educatedAt MIT Department of Physics ⓘ
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
employer Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
familyName Smoot ⓘ
fieldOfWork astrophysics ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
physics ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle Nobel laureate in Physics ⓘ
hasResearchInterest cosmic background radiation anisotropies ⓘ
early universe ⓘ
large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ
knownFor COBE satellite measurements ⓘ
cosmic microwave background radiation research ⓘ
evidence for the Big Bang theory ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf American Physical Society ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
name George F. Smoot self-link ⓘ
NobelPrizeInPhysicsFor discoveries of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation ⓘ
NobelPrizeInPhysicsYear 2006 ⓘ
notablePublicationTopic cosmic microwave background anisotropy maps ⓘ
cosmological parameters from CMB ⓘ
notableWork COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer experiment ⓘ
occupation researcher ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
participatedIn COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer experiment ⓘ
surface form: COBE mission

Planck mission advisory activities ⓘ
placeOfBirth Yukon, Florida, United States ⓘ
positionHeld director of the Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics ⓘ
professor of physics at University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
residence California, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sharesNobelPrizeWith John C. Mather ⓘ

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Oersted Medal → hasRecipient → George F. Smoot ⓘ
Albert Einstein Medal → hasRecipient → George F. Smoot ⓘ
George F. Smoot → name → George F. Smoot self-link ⓘ
Smoot → hasNotableBearer → George F. Smoot ⓘ
Yukon, Florida, United States → hasNotablePerson → George F. Smoot ⓘ
COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer experiment → associatedScientist → George F. Smoot ⓘ
subject surface form: COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer
John C. Mather → sharedNobelPrizeWith → George F. Smoot ⓘ
Cosmic Background Explorer → laureate → George F. Smoot ⓘ
subject surface form: Nobel Prize in Physics 2006