George Smoot - How did Matter Form in the Early Universe?

Register for free at CTT.com for subscriber-only exclusives: https://bit.ly/3He94Ns The early universe was a super-hot plasma of particles all running seemingly at random as if in a gigantic cauldron. How then the structure we see today with galaxies, stars, and planets? What forces were at work? What stages did the universe go through? How long did it take? How sure can we be? Watch more interviews on cosmic structure: https://bit.ly/3P7q1Mf Support the show with Closer To Truth merchandise: https://bit.ly/3P2ogje George Fitzgerald Smoot III is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, Nobel laureate. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006 for his work on the Cosmic Background Explorer with John C. Mather. Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.