George F. Smoot

George Smoot belongs to a rare class of people who answered cosmic questions with hard data. Sharing the 2006 Nobel Prize for mapping the anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background, he essentially measured the faint afterglow of the Big Bang and gave the theory its evidence. What fascinates me is the patience that work demands: years of instrumentation just to read whispers from the dawn of time. The Einstein Medal and Lawrence Award only underline the breadth of his impact. I find him genuinely inspiring, a Floridian who turned the entire universe into a laboratory and never lost his curiosity along the way.

Name (English)

George F. Smoot

Name (Japanese)

ジョージ・スムート

Reading

じょーじ・すむーと

Born

February 20, 1945 (age 81)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rooster

Origin

Yukon, Florida, United States

Occupation

astronomer / cosmologist / astrophysicist / physicist / university teacher

High school

Upper Arlington High School

Awards & achievements

• 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics
• 1992 NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal
• 2009 Oersted Medal
• Fellow of the American Physical Society
• 2003 Albert Einstein Medal
• 1994 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award
• 2007 honorary doctorate of the University of the Mediterranean - Aix Marseille II

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88

Tags

• Florida
• astronomer
• cosmologist
• astrophysicist

Last updated

2026-06-02

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