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Wrinkles in Time: The Imprint of Creation

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In April 1992 astrophysicist George Smoot announced how he and his team of scientists had found "ripples in the fabric of space-time" that were made in the first trillionth of a second after the cataclysmic moment of creation. Their discovery of the ripples was central to the Big Bang Theory, which explains why the universe did not remain uniformly smooth, but became the "lumpy" universe of today, filled with stars, planets and galaxies. By the summer of 1991 Smoot's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite had discovered the tiny ripples that had been put there by the primeval explosion process. Shaped by the force of gravity, the smaller of these ripples have grown into galaxies and the great voids in space. This is Smoot's account of his discovery of the driving mechanism of the universe, a discovery which will stimulate debate for years to come.

332 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1993

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Format
332 pages, Paperback
Published
January 1, 1995 by Abacus
ISBN
9780349106021
ASIN
0349106029
Language
English

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George Fitzgerald Smoot III is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, Nobel laureate, and the second contestant to win the $1 million prize on Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006 for his work on the Cosmic Background Explorer with John C. Mather that led to the "discovery of the black body form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation".
This work helped further the Big Bang theory of the universe using the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite. According to the Nobel Prize committee, "the COBE project can also be regarded as the starting point for cosmology as a precision science." Smoot donated his share of the Nobel Prize money, less travel costs, to a charitable foundation.
Smoot has been at the University of California, Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory since 1970. He is Chair of the Endowment Fund "Physics of the Universe" of Paris Center for Cosmological Physics. Apart from being elected a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Physical Society, Smoot has been honored by several universities worldwide with doctorates or professorships. He was also the recipient of Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2006), Daniel Chalonge Medal from the International School of Astrophysics (2006), Einstein Medal from Albert Einstein Society (2003), Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award from the US Department of Energy (1995), and the Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal from NASA (1991). He is a member of the Advisory Board of the journal Universe.
Smoot is one of the 20 American recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physics to sign a letter addressed to President George W. Bush in May 2008, urging him to "reverse the damage done to basic science research in the Fiscal Year 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Bill" by requesting additional emergency funding for the Department of Energy's Office of Science, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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lakovri
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March 26,2025
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Un libro maravilloso. Cómo dice el lector... se debe leer 2 veces para entender mejor los conceptos y las teorías. Es un libro que te lleva a indagar, ampliar la lectura y maravillarte por lo que hay más allá de lo visible. Siempre he sostenido que la noche y las estrellas tienen una magia extraordinaria que parte de la simpleza.
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bobadilx
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March 26,2025
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I have a Little, Brown & Co edition from 1993 in hardback. Very interesting but heavy going. Not one to give up, it took me ages to complete.
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Alice0006
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March 26,2025
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Una specie di autobiografia scientifica di Smoot, prima del Nobel ma dopo COBE. Interessante e ben scritta.
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fluck
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March 26,2025
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I really enjoyed this book. First, I have a story of how I found this book-I love these kinds of stories. We love the Big Bang Theory sit com on CBS. We find the writing exceptional, the characters endearing and the situations hysterical. I also love that they really work hard to make the science authentic by having a scientific consultant. They also have very impressive cameo appearances by well-know members of the scientific community. In one episode, our beloved characters are on a train on the way to a conference in Pasadena. On the train, Leonard is reading a book by George Smoot, the man they are going to the conference to see. The book is Wrinkles in Time. I'm intrigued by the book and the play on the title of the beloved Madeline L`Engle book.
I loved this book! I can't say that I completely understood it but I found it incredibly interesting and written for a layperson to understand. It really makes me want to read and understand more.
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ez_real
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March 26,2025
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Very good science book, not too deep in the science, but he explains the important points very well. Interesting look at the search for "wrinkles" in the cosmic background radiation. Good mix of science and human adventure. I picked this to read after seeing George Smoot on the "Big Bang Theory" TV show. (He'll never be a good actor!)
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Tyrannyy
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March 26,2025
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Good book discussing the experimental aspects of cosmology. However, some text passages should have been updated in the latest edition (the SSC was cancelled in 1993!).
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PcWolf
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March 26,2025
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Loved the book. Clearly the title plays on Hawkings A Brief History but the subject matter is very different, dealing with the origins of space and time and the adventure that the author and his team embarked upon attempting to discover why the universe is not just comprised of dust. For the curious mind with a bent for science, a must read.
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MIDOKUMO
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March 26,2025
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Wow! I don't know why I ever bother reading fiction! An absolutely breathless read. Wonderful!
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