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Nobelist George Smoot Directs Big Bang with Cal Band, 12/06

UC Berkeley professor and Nobel Prize winning astrophysicist George Smoot recruited the Cal band for a musical re-enactment of the "Big Bang," the theory of how the universe was created. Smoot received the Nobel Prize for his research confirming the "Big Bang." Watch as the Cal Band forms up, moments before transforming into an expanding universe with the help of Professor Smoot. (1:51 min) Contact: Roxanne Makasdjian, UCB Media Relations

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2006/12/11_bigbang.shtml