13 Oct '08 14:54>
What's the current state of the art of thinking on where the Universe itself came from? What was "before" the Big Bang, if such a term has meaning? How much of the current cosmological speculation is testable?
I'm pretty well versed in fluid physics (at least for the atmosphere) and have a light smattering of tensors and general relativity and quantum mechanics, so go easy on me. But I'd like a semi-technical, semi-popular update on the topic.
I'm pretty well versed in fluid physics (at least for the atmosphere) and have a light smattering of tensors and general relativity and quantum mechanics, so go easy on me. But I'd like a semi-technical, semi-popular update on the topic.