Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

100 YEARS OF THE IAU

Cosmology’s early days

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature Astronomy

View current issue Submit your manuscript

After George Gamow first proposed the idea of a hot Big Bang in 1948, it took 15 years for the burgeoning cosmology community to recognize his contribution for what it was.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1: The noise budget in a Bell study for microwave communication.

Adapted from ref. 5, Elsevier.

Fig. 2: Gamow’s picture for cosmic evolution in the early stages of expansion of the Universe in his hot Big Bang theory.

Reproduced from ref. 1, Springer Nature Ltd.

References

  1. Gamow, G. Nature 162, 680–682 (1948).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  2. Alpher, R. A. & Herman, R. C. Nature 162, 774–775 (1948).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. Hoyle, F. & Tayler, R. J. Nature 203, 1108–1110 (1964).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. DeGrasse, R. W., Hogg, D. C., Ohm, E. A. & Scovil, H. E. D. Proceedings of the National Electronics Conference 15, 371–379 (1959).

    Google Scholar 

  5. Hogg, D. C. Solid-State Electron. 4, 307–318 (1962).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. Penzias, A. A. & Wilson, R. W. Astrophys. J. 142, 419–421 (1965).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. Dicke, R. H., Peebles, P. J. E., Roll, P. G. & Wilkinson, D. T. Astrophys. J. 142, 414–419 (1965).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. Peebles, P. J. E. Eur. Phys. J. H 39, 205–223 (2014).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Aller, L. H. & Menzel, D. H. Astrophys. J. 102, 239–263 (1945).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  10. Osterbrock, D. E. & Rogerson, J. B. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac. 73, 129–134 (1961).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  11. O’Dell, C. R., Peimbert, M. & Kinman, T. D. Astrophys. J. 140, 119–129 (1964).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA

    P. J. E. Peebles

Authors
  1. P. J. E. Peebles
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to P. J. E. Peebles.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Peebles, P.J.E. Cosmology’s early days. Nat Astron 3, 1055–1057 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0960-3

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0960-3

  • Springer Nature Limited

Search

Navigation