Abstract: Observational advances have considerably broadened the experimental base for cosmology (the scientific study of the formation of the universe) in recent years. NASA’s Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE), the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), and very recent supernova data have given scientists glimpses of the hot universe as early as 300,000 years after the big-bang, and evidence of the galaxy formation thereafter. In spite of these dramatic observational advances, there is a perception in the lay population that study of the early universe is largely based on speculation. To help counter this notion, a new course is being developed, to be taught at South Carolina State University (SCSU), whose aim is to present the scientific evidence for the big-bang universe at a level suitable for non-science majors who have at least completed a course in pre-calculus.
Publication Year: 2000
Publication Date: 2000-11-01
Language: en
Type: article
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