Cosmology Lecture 9

(March 11, 2013) Leonard Susskind presents the theory of cosmological inflation under which the early universe expanded exponentially before the Big Bang. This theory explains the lack of observed magnetic monopoles and the uniformity of the cosmic microwave background radiation.

Originally presented in the Stanford Continuing Studies Program.

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