Cosmology: from the Big Bang to the formation of atoms (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)

Free Astronomy Public Lectures

English - March 28, 2017 00:52 - 53 minutes - 49 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
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Presented by Assoc. Prof. Emma Ryan-Weber on 10 February 2017.

The whole Universe was in a hot dense state, then nearly 14 billion years ago expansion started. Wait... is the Bang Bang true and how do we know? In this talk Associate Professor Emma Ryan-Weber from the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing will describe the observational evidence for Big Bang Cosmology and how it sets the initial conditions for every atom in the Universe. The talk is especially suitable for year 11 teachers and students studying VCE Physics Unit 1, area of study 3 "What is matter and how is it formed".