With something like Chernobyl, the public reaction was Oh, my God, science has really done wrong.

But every day I go to work I'm making a bet that the universe is simple, symmetric, and aesthetically pleasing — a universe that we humans, with our limited perspective, will someday understand.

Both my parents instilled an interest in science and mathematics.

There is no doubt that a parallel exists between the big bang as an event and the Christian notion of creation from nothing.

I played football and ran track in junior high, but by high school I was getting serious about my studies.

My name is George Smoot III, and I AM smarter than a fifth-grader.

The big bang, the most cataclysmic event we can imagine, on closer inspection appears finely orchestrated.