What Was The Universe Like Immediately After The Big Bang?

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Published 2021-04-30
Researched and Written by Leila Battison
Narrated and Edited by David Kelly
Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza

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Music from Silver Maple, Epidemic Sound and Artlist.

Stock footage from Videoblocks.

References:

newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/jw/module6_Pla…
profmattstrassler.com/articles-and-posts/particle-…
sten.astronomycafe.net/planck-era/
www.abc.net.au/news/science/2015-11-25/einstein-ge…
physics.aps.org/articles/v2/71
courses.lumenlearning.com/physics/chapter/30-6-the…

Image credits:

Planck By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-R0116-504 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5436000
Principia Mathematica by Billthom, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Transistors 5nm courtesy of IBM Research
Quantum Wafer By Steve Jurvetson from Menlo Park, USA - A Wafer of the Latest D-Wave Quantum Computers, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=66505015
Double slit experiment By Alexandre Gondran - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53628849
LHC By Maximilien Brice (CERN) - CERN Document Server, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29068933LH… MAP By OpenStreetMap contributors - You may find a page on the OpenStreetMap wiki page for CERN, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4763402
LHC detector By Tighef - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32359317LH… Calculations By Lucas Taylor / CERN - cdsweb.cern.ch/record/628469, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1433671
CERN from above By Maximilien Brice (CERN) - CERN Document Server, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29027732
CERN control centre By Torkild Retvedt - Flickr: CERN Control Center, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16688629
Quantum Wave function By Thierry Dugnolle - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18847337
Rug مورخ هنر, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
John Wheeler By GFHund - Own work, CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11119555

00:00 Introduction
05:52 Gravity
10:48 Quantum
18:03 Quantum Gravity
23:21 Inside The Planck Era

All Comments (21)
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