Owen, two suggestions: 1) Stephen Weinberg's "The First Three Minutes", and 2) George Smoot's "Wrinkles in Time"
--Doug On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Owen Densmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >>> >> >> >>
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