Oops -- I miss-edited -- should read:
One question I've always had with cosmology is that the time
calculated to the big bang (via backwards extrapolation) does not seem
to take relativistic effects into account. Certainly its been done
but not mentioned in the popular books.
-- Owen
On Nov 10, 2008, at 10:02 AM, Owen Densmore wrote:
I'd love to do a cosmology read sometime. Is there a particularly
good book in the field that is reasonably formal yet not overwhelming?
One question I've always had with cosmology and the time to the big
bang is that does not seem to be relativistic effects taken into
account the time extrapolation. Certainly its been done but not
mentioned in the popular books.
-- Owen
On Nov 10, 2008, at 7:59 AM, Robert Holmes wrote:
Check out galaxyzoo.org - they need volunteers and you can carry
out the
work (categorizing galaxies) from the comfort of your sofa. And
it's actual
significant research that you'd be contributing to - they've
already got the
largest and most reliable galaxy catalogue, and it's all from
volunteer
efforts.
Robert
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:01 AM, Douglas Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>wrote:
Hi, Jack.
If I had it to do all over again I would quite possibly work in
the field
of cosmology in one regard or another. I'm envious of those who
do work in
cosmology-related fields..
At last year's SuperComputing conference I had the privilege of
meeting
George Smoot, Noble prize winner for physics in 2006. A small
group of 5 of
us sat at the Berkeley booth one afternoon and he talked with us
about
cosmology for over an hour.
--Doug
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