The Big Bang

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The Big Bang provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 20 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

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20 hours worth of material

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This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper.' (T.S. Eliot) But how about the way the world begins? Was this the biggest bang of all? This free course The Big Bang will introduce ...

Syllabus

- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Introducing cosmology
- 1 Introducing cosmology
- 2 Radiation from the galaxies
- 2 Radiation from the galaxies
- 3 Distances of galaxies
- 3 Distances of galaxies
- 3.1 First steps towards a distance scale
- 3.2 Some general properties of galaxies
- 3.3 Extending the distance scale
- 4 The variation of redshift with distance
- 4 The variation of redshift with distance
- 4.1 Hubble's discoveries
- 4.2 Evidence for a big bang
- 5 The microwave background radiation
- 5 The microwave background radiation
- 5.1 A second major discovery
- 5.2 The origin of the 3 K radiation
- 5.3 The redshift of the 3 K radiation
- 6 The angular distribution of the 3 K radiation
- 6 The angular distribution of the 3 K radiation
- 6.1 Basic isotropy
- 6.2 The effect of the motion of the Earth
- 6.2.1 The need for a reference frame for describing the Universe
- 6.2.2 The Earth's motion relative to the 3 K radiation
- 6.2.3 Measurement of the angular distribution of the 3 K radiation
- 6.2.4 The speed and direction of the Earth's motion
- 6.3 Anisotropies in the Universe itself
- 7 The primordial nuclear abundances
- 7 The primordial nuclear abundances
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 The temperature of matter and radiation
- 7.3 The formation of light nuclei
- 7.4 Nuclear abundances as evidence for the big bang
- 8 Conclusion
- 8 Conclusion
- Summary
- Acknowledgements

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Language

English
Certificate
Certificate Available
Date of Start
30th December, 2022
Level
Advanced
Price
Free Certificate
Provider
OpenLearn
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