Book contents
- The Cosmic Revolutionary’s Handbook
- The Cosmic Revolutionary’s Handbook
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Understanding Science
- 2 How Dark Is the Night?
- 3 Run for the Hills!
- 4 Going Gently into That Good Night
- 5 An Ever-Changing Universe
- 6 The Wood for the Trees
- 7 We Are (Mostly) Made of Stars
- 8 Ripples in the Night Sky
- 9 Balls from Left-Field
- 10 How to Do Better than the Big Bang
- Acknowledgements
- EndNotes
- Further Reading
- Index
9 - Balls from Left-Field
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 November 2019
- The Cosmic Revolutionary’s Handbook
- The Cosmic Revolutionary’s Handbook
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Understanding Science
- 2 How Dark Is the Night?
- 3 Run for the Hills!
- 4 Going Gently into That Good Night
- 5 An Ever-Changing Universe
- 6 The Wood for the Trees
- 7 We Are (Mostly) Made of Stars
- 8 Ripples in the Night Sky
- 9 Balls from Left-Field
- 10 How to Do Better than the Big Bang
- Acknowledgements
- EndNotes
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
Various alternatives to the big bang model have been proposed, both inside and outside the scientific literature. We review some examples, and show how they deal (or not) with the evidence of astronomy.
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- The Cosmic Revolutionary's Handbook(Or: How to Beat the Big Bang), pp. 201 - 224Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020