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George Smoot

    George Fitzgerald Smoot III is an astrophysicist and cosmologist. His groundbreaking work on the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite, which precisely measured the cosmic microwave background radiation, was pivotal in solidifying the Big Bang theory. This research transformed cosmology into a precision science, earning him the Nobel Prize in Physics. Smoot's contributions offer profound insights into the origins and evolution of our universe.

    Das Echo der Zeit
    Wrinkles in Time
    • 1995

      On 23 April 1992, astrophysicist George Smoot announced how he and his team of scientists had found 'ripples in the fabric of space-time' - cosmic wrinkles made in the first trillionth of a second after the cataclysmic moment of creation.Wrinkles in Time is the story of their heroic search for cosmology's Holy Grail. Presenting the science behind the structured violence of the Big Bang, it tells our ultimate history, recounting the implications of a universe whose unfolding is written in its beginnings.

      Wrinkles in Time