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Sakharov’s Ideas About the Anisotropy of the Cosmic Background Radiation

Sakharov’s Ideas About the Anisotropy of the Cosmic Background Radiation Rainer Weiss MIT

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Sakharov’s Ideas About the Anisotropy of the Cosmic Background Radiation

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  1. Sakharov’s Ideas About the Anisotropy of the Cosmic Background Radiation Rainer Weiss MIT 40 Years after Andrei Sakharov’s Reflections on Progress Peaceful Coexistence and Intellectual Freedom October 24, 2008

  2. Sakharov at the transition in cosmological research Cosmography Cosmic Dynamics The recession of the galaxies The age of the universe The theory of gravitation Why is the night sky dark The cosmic distance scale The objects in the universe The average density The geometry of the universe The isotropy of the universe The homogeneity of the universe Thermal history of the universe The temperature of the universe The fundamental constituents The initial formation of the objects The relics of the initial stages Quantum mechanics at the origin Symbiosis of cosmology and fundamental particle physics

  3. Courtesy Gary Hinshaw

  4. WMAP composite data

  5. WMAP 3 year data

  6. Interesting to talk with Sakharov and Zel’dovich about this development

  7. Baton Rouge, Louisiana 2004

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