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60 of the world's greatest minds share their vision of the next half century in the new Mike Wallace book. Astrophysicists, conservation biologists, economists, military commanders, internet pioneers, neurologists and more provide commentary and insight about the new century and our near future. Included is an essay by BCCP director George F. Smoot: "A Tiny Dot in Cosmic Time; A Big Period in Human Time." LA Times Article PDF Press Release PDF _______________________________________________________________________________________
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Scientific American Q & A with Saul Perlmutter _______________________________________________________________________________________
Saul Perlmutter announced the Supernova Cosmology Project's evidence for a cosmological constant at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington, D.C., on January 8, 1998. On February 18 of that year, Gerson Goldhaber and Perlmutter discussed the SCP evidence at the UCLA conference on Dark Matter in Los Angeles, where Alexei Fillipenko announced similar results from the High-Z Supernova Search Team. What they had observed was the accelerating expansion of the universe, presumably caused by Einstein's cosmological constant (lambda). Initially a purely mathematical term in the equations of General Relativity — which Einstein later dropped — theorists by the end of the 20th century had come to regard the cosmological constant as a manifestation of the vacuum energy described by quantum mechanics.
The proposed SuperNova/Acceleration Probe (SNAP) satellite inspired DOE and NASA's Joint Dark Energy Mission. It will find and measure thousands of Type Ia supernovae and will measure the distribution of matter in the universe through weak gravitational lensing. Read more
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April, 2008 Dr. Smoot wrote an article for the 10th anniversary of dark matter that appeared in the Milano Newspaper "Il Corriere della Sera."
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Contemplating Important Days in the History of the Universe (CNN)
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Photo - Bob Stokstad ______________________________________________________________________________________ Nobel Prize Physicist Wants To Reduce Carbon Footprints - ABC News Story October 12, 2007
2007 Global Conference
Since its inception in 2003, the IIT Global Alumni Conference has been a premier business event, bringing together industry visionaries, thought leaders, and IIT alumni from across the globe. Nobelists George F. Smoot and Arno Penzias, and Berkeley astronomy professor Alexei Filippenko discuss the many dimensions of cosmology at the Silicon Valley, CA event. View video ______________________________________________________________________
May 2007 Berkeley Lab physicist George Smoot and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, discuss science and politics during the annual Nobel Laureates Capitol Hill Day in Washington, DC. Dr. Smoot joined four of his 2006 Nobel Prize-winning colleagues to deliver a strong message to the House and Senate about the importance of science and scientific achievement to America's vitality. For more photos of the Capitol Hill event go here.
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Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and daughter Lucy collaborated on an adventure story for kids based on science fact rather than science fiction called "George's Secret Key to the Universe." The story, written by Lucy with scientific direction from her dad, is about a boy who lives next to the world’s greatest scientist and his daughter. Though George’s parents are technophobes, he befriends the scientific neighbors and, with the help of their supercomputer Cosmos, goes on a journey through outer space. Read an interview with father and daughter literary team here. ______________________________________________________________________________
2006 Nobel Laureates add their names to the Nobel Monument in New York Photo Gallery at the Nobel Monument Inscription Ceremony
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BCCP and partner IAC will sponsor an annual cosmology school and workshop on the beach for graduate students and post doctoral scholars: Cosmología en la Playa / Cosmology at the Beach
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May 2007 XIXèmes Rencontres de Blois - An international conference held in the Château of Blois, in France's Loire Valley.
Program: Dr. Smoot meets with students at the conference
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May 2007 Texas A&M University INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN PARTICLE PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY "Recent advances in observational astronomy have brought a new focus on the potential connections between new fundamental particles and our understanding of their impact on the early universe and its evolution..." Prof. George Smoot (UC Berkeley) will give a public talk on The Echoes of Creation at Rudder Theater
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CERN Courier April 2007 During a visit to CERN, Dr. Smoot talked to Arnaud Marsollier about his quest to explore the early universe, and how cosmology and particle physics are coming together in a grand crusade. He is seen here photographing the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) particle detector. To read the CERN article on Smoot's visit go here. To watch a ReaPlayer video (or download the video) of his lecture at CERN go here.
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UC Berkeley's 'Tree of Wisdom' featured in Vanity Fair Turning day to night with artificial lights, the Vanity Fair photo spread features Berkeley Nobel laureates (from left) Yuan T. Lee, Donald Glaser, Daniel McFadden, George Smoot, Charles Townes and Steven Chu, joined by Chancellor Robert Birgeneau. UC Berkeley's Nobel Prize winners and Chancellor Robert Birgeneau are featured as part of Vanity Fair magazine's "Green Issue" for April. Read more from UC Berkeley News Center site and watch a video of the shoot here.
_____________________________________________________________________________________ Cosmology Roundtable Meeting May 2007 _____________________________________________________________________________________ April 2007 The Columbus Dispatch "Nobel-winning physicist returns to Ohio roots" by Mike Lafferty PDF file March 10, 2007 New York Times "Out There" by Richard Panek
March 2007 ScienceMatters@ Berkeley "The Seeds of Structure in the Universe" by Kathleen M. Wong January 20, 2007 - UC Energy Forum Half a dozen Nobel laureates — including Berkeley Lab Director Steve Chu and Physicist George Smoot — met at UC Berkeley to exchange suggestions for battling global warming, including expanding the country's nuclear power program to designing nanotechnology that would mimic the way insects dispose of energy waste. January 2007 - Do Nobelists live longer? Newsweek article
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The 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics October 3, 2006 George F. Smoot has been awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize for physics. He shares the award with John C. Mather of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The citation reads "for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation."
The Nobel Prize in Physics Announcement View The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2006 Smoot Gallery on Nobel Prize site
2006 Nobel Prize Conference at LBNL Request For Time on Professor George Smoot’s Calendar PDF form
On October 3, 2006, Dr. Smoot's day began with a 3am phone call from Sweden, 5am paparazzi at the door, and a 10am press conference at Lawrence Berkeley lab. The remainder of the day was filled with congratulatory events within the Astrophysics department at LBL, an all-staff LBL celebration, and a Cal campus party. Lawrence Berkeley Lab Announcement UC Berkeley Press Release
LBL Director Steve Chu (Nobel Prize Physics 1997) congratulates Dr. Smoot on his achievements at the LBL celebration
A toast for the history books
Dr. Smoot discusses his work
Dr. Chu feels compelled to add commentary
Even MORE PHOTOS Department of Energy R&D Accomplishments National Public Radio Science Friday interview Read comments by US Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, and more...
Dr. Smoot, right, watches coin toss at Cal football game against Oregon. Photo: LBL
At Lawrence Berkeley Lab, an impromptu notice of George's induction to the Nobel wall of fame
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Berkeley's All American Patriots dispatch on Nobel prize April 2007 George Smoot, a 1962 graduate of Upper Arlington High School, visited his alma mater on and addressed an auditorium filled with science, physics and mathematics students. Read more here. April 2007 Upper Arlington News, April 2007 "Nobel Prize winner returns home" PDF August 15, 2006 Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) Team Wins Gruber Prize Original Smoot Group observations with Spitzer Space Telescope greatly improve measurements of cosmic far-IR background. Link: http://www-astro.lbl.gov/~bruce/spitzerlblpage/index.html#phaseII
Article in Sao Paulo newspaper (in Portuguese)
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History and Fate of the Universe Explained
George Smoot
April 2008,
Dr. Smoot recently gave a sold-out lecture at 
