# The design of the universe

- Institution: TED
- Department: Serious Play 2008
- Speaker: George Smoot
- Year: 2008
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics, Astronomy and space, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/george_smoot_the_design_of_the_universe)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

At Serious Play 2008, astrophysicist George Smoot shows stunning new images from deep-space surveys, and prods us to ponder how the cosmos -- with its giant webs of dark matter and mysterious gaping voids -- got built this way.

## Lectures

1. [The design of the universe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/george_smoot_the_design_of_the_universe/da0c3faf9257), 19 min (TED's player)