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The 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics |
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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
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 Photos: R. Nocera
Photos from Astrophysics Department Celebration 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.
At Lawrence Berkeley Lab, an impromptu notice of George's induction to the Nobel wall of fame
Photo: LBL
Written in stone: 2006 Nobel Laureates add their names to the Nobel Monument in NYC
Berkeley's All American Patriots dispatch on Nobel prize
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October 3, 2006
