Hello, All, Just to be clear George is not Oliver - Although Smoot attended MIT, he was not the same Smoot <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot> who was laid end to end to measure the Harvard Bridge<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Bridge> between Cambridge <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts> and Boston <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts>; this was his cousin Oliver R. Smoot <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_R._Smoot>, an MIT alumnus who served as the chairman of the American National Standards Institute<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_National_Standards_Institute> .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Smoot Scott Powell, creeping back into his Liberal Arts den On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:01 AM, Douglas Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi, Jack. > > If I had it to do all over again I would quite possibly work in the field > of cosmology in one regard or another. I'm envious of those who do work in > cosmology-related fields.. > > At last year's SuperComputing conference I had the privilege of meeting > George Smoot, Noble prize winner for physics in 2006. A small group of 5 of > us sat at the Berkeley booth one afternoon and he talked with us about > cosmology for over an hour. > > --Doug > > > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Jack Leibowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Doug, >> >> May I boast for a minute that my wife, retired from NASA, worked on the >> HUBBLE and WMAPS. The deep field picture and many other Hubble pics were >> made possible by her group. She was an analyst and programmer in those >> projects. A number of those pics, such as the deep field one, are in the >> book we spoke of in our e-mail exchange.I am moved, as you are, by those >> pictures. >> >> Jack. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Douglas Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group<[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Sunday, November 09, 2008 2:15 PM >> *Subject:* [Norton AntiSpam] [FRIAM] And speaking of levels of heaven >> >> Here's a nice, long glimpse back towards our beginnings. *Much* further >> back than 6.000 years ago, I might add. All the way back to when our >> observable universe was a mere 2 billion hears old. You should pull down >> the image & stare at all the galaxy dots for a minute or two. It's good for >> the soul... >> >> http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2008/pr-39-08.html >> >> My favorite photo in this class, however, is still the Hubble ultra-deep >> field, in visible light looking back about 13 billion years: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Ultra_Deep_Field >> >> >> --Doug >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > > > > -- > Doug Roberts, RTI International > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 505-455-7333 - Office > 505-670-8195 - Cell > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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