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George Smoot über das Design des Universums

2,267,207 views | George Smoot • Serious Play 2008

Auf der Serious-Play-Konferenz 2008 zeigt George Smoot überwältigende neue Bilder aus der Tiefe des Alls und bringt uns dazu, darüber nachzudenken, wie der Kosmos – mit seinen gigantischen Netzen aus dunkler Materie und geheimnisvollen Leerräumen – sich dorthin entwickelt hat.

Auf der Serious-Play-Konferenz 2008 zeigt George Smoot überwältigende neue Bilder aus der Tiefe des Alls und bringt uns dazu, darüber nachzudenken, wie der Kosmos – mit seinen gigantischen Netzen aus dunkler Materie und geheimnisvollen Leerräumen – sich dorthin entwickelt hat.

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George Smoot

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Astrophysicist, cosmologist and Nobel Prize winner George Smoot studies the cosmic microwave background radiation -- the afterglow of the Big Bang. His pioneering research into deep space and time is uncovering the structure of the universe itself.

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