A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE

26/08/99


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Table of Contents

A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE

The Cosmic Womb

Ancient Greek Cosmology

Democritus’ view

Progress: Ancient Greeks - now

Little change in basics...

The Cosmological Principle

Hubble’s Law

Expanding Universe

A concise summary

The first 100 seconds

And after that...

Open or Closed?

The Microwave Background

CMB Signature

Redshift

Light - wave or particle?

The visible spectrum

The effects of redshift

Measuring distance

Distant supernovae

Distant galaxies

And finally...

Author: Liz Puchnarewicz

Email: emp@mssl.ucl.ac.uk

Home Page: http://www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/