The Big Bang and Beyond: Exploring the Early Universe

Inflation! The First Fraction of a Second

Special Interest Jul 21, 2022 32 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

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S1 E6: Dig into the bizarre theory of inflation developed by physicist Alan Guth, which holds that for a fraction of a second just after the Big Bang the universe expanded at a mind-boggling rate, making the cosmos effectively infinite. Analyze how this idea solves the three puzzles introduced earlier. Learn about associated concepts, such as the scalar field and its decay, known as “reheating.”

Special Interest Jul 21, 2022 32 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2022
Run Time: 32 min
Rated: TV-PG

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.