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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astrophysicist → cosmologist → human → physicist →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Science → Doctor of Philosophy →
awardReceived	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 →
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 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 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Albert Einstein Medal → Oersted Medal →	hasRecipient
George F. Smoot →	name