(born 1945), US astrophysicist; full name George Fitzgerald Smoot III. His work with John C. Mather on the COBE project advanced the study of the Big Bang theory. Nobel Prize for Physics (2006), shared with Mather.
Definition of Smoot, George in US English:
Smoot, George
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(born 1945), US astrophysicist; full name George Fitzgerald Smoot III. His work with John C. Mather on the COBE project advanced the study of the Big Bang theory. Nobel Prize for Physics (2006), shared with Mather.