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| Prof. Smoot won the 2006 physics Nobel price. Media credit http://aether.lbl.gov |
Tuesday, around 2:45am: Astrophysicist George Smoot received a call from Sweden. It was the Swedish Academy announcing to Prof. Smoot he has won the 2006 Physics Nobel Price. Apparently he didn't believe it at first, and he was like "how did you get my phone number?"
"I was particularly surprised because my phone is unlisted, It was these guys from the Swedish Academy; I'm going -- how did you get my phone number? ...
Then, I thought I better get on the Web and check"