THEORIES ON THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE Flashcards

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DESCRIBES THE UNIVERSE AS AN OSCILLATING UNIVERSE

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RIGVEDA

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BRAHMANDA

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COSMIC EGG

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SINGLE CONCENTRATED POINT

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BINDU

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GREEK PHILOSOPHER WHO BELIEVED IN A PRIMORDIAL UNIVERSE

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ANAXAGORAS

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THE ORIGINAS STATE OF THE COSMOS WAS A PRIMORDIAL MISTURE OF ALL ITS INGREDIENTS

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PRIMORDIAL UNIVERSE

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TWO GREEK PHILOSOPHERS WHO BELIEVED IN AN ATOMIC UNIVERSE

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LEUCIPPUS AND DEMOCRITUS

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VERY SMALL INDIVISIBLE AND INDESTRUCTIBLE ATOMS

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ATOMIC UNIVERSE

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PRINCIPIA OF ISAAC NEWTON

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STEADY STATE INFINITE UNIVERSE

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PROPOSED A MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE BASED ON THE BIGBANG THEORY

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ALAN GUTH

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PROCESS OF EXPANSION AND EXPLOSION HYDROGEN GAS

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THE BIG BANG THEORY

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is a physical theory that describes how the universe expanded from an initial state of high density and temperature.

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THE BIG BANG THEORY

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According to this theory, the early Universe expanded exponentially fast for a fraction of a second after the Big Bang.

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INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE THEORY

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They both developed and popularized the “many worlds” multiverse in 1960’s and 1970’s

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HUGH EVERETT AND BRYCE DEWITT

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Albert Einstein’s favored model after rejecting his original model

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OSCILLATING UNIVERSE

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