Title from container. Course number 10080. Lecturer: Gary Felder, Professor of Physics at Smith College.
Contents:
disc 2: The future of early universe cosmology. The first few minutes of the Universe -- First galaxies, first stars, and dark matter -- How big was the Big bang? -- Mysteries that reshaped the Big bang model -- Inflation! the first fraction of a second -- disc 2: What caused inflation: the Scalar field -- More than one Big bang in a multiverse? -- Other universes across other dimensions? -- The origins of the constants of nature -- From the Big bang to the universe's fate -- The future of early universe cosmology.
Summary:
Taught by Professor Gary Felder of Smith College, this course covers the history of the early universe starting with the Big Bang and continuing to the formation of the first stars and galaxies hundreds of millions of years later. Professor Felder also looks ahead to the ultimate fate of the universe and speculates on what may have happened before the Big Bang.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.