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What Inflates the Universe? - A Reflection on the Nobel Prize 2011 for Physics

Henryk Frystacki, Ph.D | Posted 31.12.2011 | UK Tech
Read More: Nasa Space Program, Nobel Prize Physics 2011, Saul Perlmutter, Adam Riess, Dark Energy, Red Shift, Supernovae, Einstein's Imaginations of Space-Time, Accelerating Expansion of the Universe, Brian Schmidt, UK Tech News
Henryk Frystacki, Ph.D

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011 honored revolutionary, completely unexpected observations of the inflation of our universe. The Award was divided: One...

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The Nobel Prize for "nutty" Physics

Michael Brooks | Posted 04.12.2011 | UK Tech
Read More: Science, Nobel Prizes, Adam Riess, UK Tech, Dark Energy, Nobel Prize, UK Science, UK Tech News
Michael Brooks

We don't yet know what dark energy is, or where it comes from. We can't tax it, we can't use it to bolster economic growth and it is not going to solve rising fuel prices or alleviate climate change. But sometimes knowledge is its own reward. Even if it is nutty-sounding.

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