George Smoot: The History and Fate of the Universe Lecture from “The History and Fate of the Universe” at College of Engineering, Pune, India
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Chapter 17 of 19: Audience Questions, Part 2
Questions covering Stephen Hawking, black holes, gravity and string theory. (4 minutes, 51 seconds)
Chapter 1 of 19: The History and Fate of the Universe
George Smoot goes back to the beginning of time and reconstructs the events that took place in the early universe (4 minutes, 54 seconds)
Chapter 2 of 19: Why are there 100 billion galaxies?
Einstein's general theory of relativity was disputed by Wilhelm De Sitter, Alexander Friedmann and George Lemaitre, as theories indicated that the universe is expanding. (4 minutes, 51 seconds)
Chapter 3 of 19: Hubble and Gamow's Universe
How Edwin Hubble’s discoveries proved Einstein's theory false, and how George Gamow’s work in nuclear physics suggested a dramatic beginning to the universe. (4 minutes, 51 seconds)
Chapter 4 of 19: An accidental discovery
Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson's fortuitous recordings of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation provided the crucial missing evidence for the Big Bang theory (4 minutes, 51 seconds)
Chapter 5 of 19: Back in Time
Radiation was a dominant force in the early Universe. Looking back far enough in space and time allows researchers to view the relics of this radiation (4 minutes, 51 seconds)
Chapter 6 of 19: Measuring Wrinkles in Space
Smoot discusses the development of sensitive instruments, which could measure the minute temperature variations in the universe that would eventually form galaxies. (4 minutes, 51 seconds)
Chapter 7 of 19: Tools for the Job
Measuring how galaxies are distributed in space involved in an array of ingeniously designed equipment (4 minutes, 51 seconds)
Chapter 8 of 19: The Balloon Experiment
Smoot discusses the early balloon-based experiment and the invention of dark matter. (4 minutes, 51 seconds)
Chapter 9 of 19: Under Extreme Conditions
Smoot recalls his experiences of measuring atmospheric radiation at the South Pole and measuring the frequency spectrum of the cosmic microwave background radiation with the COBE satellite. (4 minutes, 51 seconds)
Chapter 10 of 19: Meet the Team
Smoot discusses the Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment onboard the COBE satellite, and introduces the researchers behind this project. (4 minutes, 51 seconds)
Chapter 11 of 19: Taking temperatures
The construction of the Differential Microwave Radiometer and the temperature variation maps that it created from the COBE satellite. (4 minutes, 51 seconds)
Chapter 12 of 19: Surveying the Universe
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey visualizes three-dimensional positions of over 1 million galaxies (4 minutes, 51 seconds)
Chapter 13 of 19: The Universe's Transition
From its dark ages to its modern galaxies, the movement of the universe indicates that the expansion rate is increasing with time. (4 minutes, 51 seconds)
Chapter 14 of 19: Accelerated expansion of the universe
Smoot discusses the reasons why there are 100 billion galaxies in the universe. (4 minutes, 51 seconds)
Chapter 15 of 19: Fingerprint of the Universe
Our understanding of the expansion rate of the universe is becoming more and more precise. (4 minutes, 51 seconds)
Chapter 16 of 19: Audience Questions, Part 1
George Smoot answers questions on our Solar system, the expanding universe, the Big Bang, gravity and Hubble. (4 minutes, 51 seconds)
Chapter 17 of 19: Audience Questions, Part 2
Questions covering Stephen Hawking, black holes, gravity and string theory. (4 minutes, 51 seconds)
Chapter 18 of 19: Audience Questions, Part 3
Questions cover the expanding universe, wave function, quantum tunneling, inflating universe, string theory and the Big Bang. (4 minutes, 51 seconds)
Chapter 19 of 19: Audience Questions, Part 4
Questions cover the Big Bang, string theory, scientific method, observations and engineering (0 seconds)
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George Smoot discusses the Universe's transition from its dark beginnings to its modern galaxies.
