Tag: George Gamow
The Humble Origins of the Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang theory changed how we understand our universe. But who do we have to thank for it?
Luminet: The Real Heroes of the Big Bang Revolution
The discovery that the universe had a beginning was one of the most remarkable scientific achievements of the last century.
The True Fathers of the Big Bang
The purpose of this book is not to exhaustively survey the history of cosmology through the centuries.
New Book from DI Press, The Big Bang Revolutionaries, Praised by Three Nobel Laureates
Many widely read scientific writers of our day mistakenly attribute the concepts of the expanding universe and the Big Bang to Edwin Hubble and Albert Einstein.
Confirming the Big Bang: The Early Decades
Cosmologists have come a long way since Edwin Hubble published that ratty looking plot of galaxy recession velocities versus distance.