Space & PhysicsFebruary 1, 2004
Four Keys to Cosmology
The big bang theory works better than ever. If only cosmologists could figure out that mysterious acceleration....
Stories by George Musser
George Musser is a contributing editor at Scientific American and author of Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation (2023) and Spooky Action at a Distance (2015), both published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Follow him on Mastodon @gmusser@mastodon.social, Bluesky @gmusser.bsky.social and Threads @georgemusserjr@threads.net
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A Philosopher's Stone
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