[Dean's World] Dave Price: A Boost For Inflationary Cosmology?

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Posted by Dave Price:
A Boost For Inflationary Cosmology?
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1142609331.shtml


   AP is [1]reporting physicists at a Princeton science conference are
   saying data from the Wilkinson Microwave Anistropy Probe support the
   [2]cosmic inflation theory which states that the universe underwent an
   incredible expansion (expanding by a ratio of 10^30 in something like
   10^-17 seconds, if I'm remembering correctly off the top of my head)
   in its early moments. It sounds like it's not ironclad proof, but the
   information gathered tends to support it.
   To me, the most fascinating thing about inflation is the idea that the
   Universe was perfectly uniform until inflation took quantum
   uncertainties and inflated them to the point that we got
   irregularities that coalesced into stars, galaxies, etc.
   Interestingly, the article also quotes Brian Greene, author of [3]The
   Elegant Universe and [4]Fabric of the Cosmos, probably the best
   layman-accessible books on cosmology, quantum theory and string/M
   theory.

References

   1. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060317/ap_on_sc/cosmic_inflation
   2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_inflation
   3. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375708111/qid=1142608724/sr=2-3/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_3/102-0319871-2265715?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
   4. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375727205/qid=1142608724/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-0319871-2265715?s=books&v=glance&n=283155