Friday, March 23, 2007

ContraCostaTimes.com | 03/23/2007 | Nobel laureate donates prize to charity

ContraCostaTimes.com | 03/23/2007 | Nobel laureate donates prize to charity: "Nobel laureate donates prize to charity
BERKELEY: UC astrophysicist gives winnings to East Bay group, just as his predecessor did in 2000
By Michelle Locke
ASSOCIATED PRESS

BERKELEY - Astrophysicist George Smoot won the Nobel Prize for his work explaining the birth of the universe. Now he's looking to get a philanthropic big bang, donating his prize winnings to charity.

'I thought it would be good to make it possible for the next generation to come along,' Smoot said Thursday."
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