GEORGE F. SMOOT

2006 Nobel Laureate in Physics

for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation.

• Born: February 20, 1945
• Place of birth: Yukon, FL, US
• Nationality:US
• Residence: Berkeley, US
• Affiliation:
  
  • Address:
    University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
    398 LeConte Berkeley, CA, USA
• Telephone:(510) 642-9389
• Fax: (510) 486-7149
• E-mail:gfsmoot@lbl.gov
• Education:
  • MIT, B.S. 1966 (Mathematics and Physics)
  • MIT, Ph.D. 1970 (Physics)

• Books on Cosmic Background Radiation
• Wrinkles in Time by George Smoot, Keay Davidson

• Prize co-recipient: John C. Mather
• Nobel Laureate Robert W. Wilson
• Nobel Laureate Arno A. Penzias
• COBE Cosmic Background Explorer
• Berkeley Homepage
• Smoot Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Curriculum Vitae
• Einstein Medal 2003
• Official award announcement and background
• Advanced Information
• Supplementary Information

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• Professor George Smoot Biography (submitted by Billy Germino)
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• Americans John C. Mather and George F. Smoot win the Nobel Prize in physics (submitted by Polo)

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