8C10.10 - The Big Bang

Code Number:
8C10.10
Demo Title:
The Big Bang
Condition:
Theory
Principle:
The Big Bang
Area of Study:
Cosmology
References:
  • Ted Forringer, "A Guided Inquiry on Hubble Plots and the Big Bang", TPT, Vol. 52, # 4, April 2014, p. 199.
  • Martin Gardner, "Physics Trick of the Month: Broken Symmetry", TPT, Vol. 38, # 9, Dec. 2000, p. 564.
  • Anna Frebel, Volker Bromm, "Precious Fossils of the Infant Universe", Physics Today, April 2012, p. 49.
  • Sanchayeeta Borthakur et al, "A Local Clue to the Reionixation of the Universe", Science, Vol. 346, Oct. 2014, p. 216.
  • George Gamow, "# 2, The Evolutionary Universe", Scientific American Cosmology +1, Sept. 1956, p. 12.  See the Lecture Demo Reference Library in Rm. 58 for this reference.

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