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The Pillars of Cosmology: A Short History and Assessment

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Is the big bang model of the universe ascendant and unshakable, or declining and outdated? This paper cursorily explores the state of cosmology today.

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  1. Austin McDonald Observatory, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA

    Jeff Kanipe

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  1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USA

    Anthony L. Peratt

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Kanipe, J. (1995). The Pillars of Cosmology: A Short History and Assessment. In: Peratt, A.L. (eds) Plasma Astrophysics and Cosmology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0405-0_10

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