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Articles & Books From Stephen Pincock
Cheat Sheet / Updated 03-27-2016
One of the most fundamental questions of all time is: where do I come from? Delving into the science of the origins of the universe, this Cheat Sheet gives you a rough timeline of the Big Bang and a glossary to help you to get to grips with the science-speak.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Probing back to the origin of the universe involves a lot of estimation and guesswork. Imagine that the word ‘roughly’ is written before each date!
0: The Big Bang. Time and space are created.
10-43 seconds: Gravity separates from the three other fundamental forces (electromagnetism, and the weak and strong nuclear forces).
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Understanding the technical jargon that makes up the science behind understanding the origins of the universe is made a little simpler with this helpful glossary.
Anisotropy: The variation of a physical property, depending on the direction in which it’s measured. For example, the temperature of the cosmic microwave background radiation is anisotropic.
Do you want to learn about the physical origin of the Universe, but don’t have the rest of eternity to read up on it? Do you want to know what scientists know about where you and your planet came from, but without the science blinding you? ‘Course you do – and who better than For Dummies to tackle the biggest, strangest and most wonderful question there is!