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inflationary universe n (Astronomy) a variation of the cosmological big-bang theory in which the early stage of the evolution of the universe is postulated to include a period of accelerated expansion How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Subsequent theories were to give birth to many variations of the Big Bang model and the process continues, producing, in turn, an inflationary universe, a chaotic universe, multiverses, an eternal universe, and so on. As Guth explains in his book The Inflationary Universe, "With inflation, it is no longer necessary to postulate that the universe began with a value of omega incredibly close to one. Guth on the inflationary universe (1981), Gerd Binnig and his collaborators on scanning tunneling microscopy (1982), and Dan Shechtman and his coworkers on quasicrystals (1984). |
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