A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor
by Brian Keating
Recommended by Antonio García Martínez
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What would it have been like to be an eyewitness to the Big Bang In 2014, astronomers wielding BICEP2, the most powerful cosmology telescope ever made, thought they?d glimpsed the spark that ignited the Big Bang. Millions around the world tuned in to the announcement, and Nobel whispers began to spread. But had these cosmologists truly read the co...
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