captainjack
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Fri Oct-15-04 10:48 PM
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Is there a good scientific explanation for the big bang? |
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i heard somewhere that quantum mechanics or string theory predicts that energy can pop out of nothing and that space can emerge from nothingness. but my question is...how can a little bit of space here or there become so concentrated to the levels of the big bang?
please do point me to a good reliable source for discussion on teh topic...
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Fri Oct-15-04 10:50 PM
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1. You can probably find info at |
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< http://www.sciam.com> Scientific American
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Fri Oct-15-04 10:56 PM
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2. Watch The Elegant Universe |
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Edited on Fri Oct-15-04 10:58 PM by salvorhardin
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.htmlAll three hours are online. It deals with string theory, but might give you a better answer to your question. Also... There's a good wikipedia article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_bang
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Fri Oct-15-04 11:02 PM
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3. if your within earshot of discussions |
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about String theory and qauntum mechanics then you'll have no problem with this site. http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/bigbang.htm
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Fri Oct-15-04 11:02 PM
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4. Try this link.....Let there be light! |
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Fri Oct-15-04 11:34 PM
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5. Do keep in mind that the "big bang" is a good explanation for other things |
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Life on the "human scale" is poor preparation for trying to intuitively understand events on a "cosmic scale" or a "quantum scale", let alone both at once. Whatever doubts you may have about the means by which the pre-cosmos came into existence, it's apparent that the universe is expanding and has a level of background radiation appropos to an event such as a "big bang" at its origins. The "big bang" theory correctly predicts observed distributions of various elements (hydrogen, deuterium, helium, lithium) in a way no other models do.
It is, like much science, incomplete. By its very nature, it may well stay that way for a long time to come.
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Fri Oct-15-04 11:40 PM
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6. No - there is no real theory of creation - just expansion |
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Banes via multiple universes and zero point energy are the two "out of nothing" attempts - but each has so many problems that it takes more faith than any religion requires to buy into either.
The MIT courses are on line
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Fri Oct-15-04 11:43 PM
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7. Ever read Robert Asprin? |
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