Tag: Jean-Pierre Luminet
The Big Bang Simplified
Since very few people understand Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, for most of us the Big Bang seems very mysterious and counterintuitive.
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?
Big Bang: While the West Reeled
While the West reeled from America’s stock market crash of 1929, another crisis was brewing in the field of cosmology.
A Scientific Revolution Comparable with Copernicus’
The location of his grave was quickly forgotten, since the Stalinist regime was hardly inclined to perpetuate the memory of this “creationist” scientist.
The True Fathers of the Big Bang
The purpose of this book is not to exhaustively survey the history of cosmology through the centuries.