George F. Smoot

George F. Smoot

Nobel Prize in Physics 2006

University of California - Los Angeles Theater

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

George F. Smoot was an American astrophysicist and cosmologist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006 for the discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation.

Field
Space Science · Cosmology
Lifespan
1945–2025