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358 Solo: Vacuum Energy and the Cosmological Constant

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas by Sean Carroll

Jun 22, 202601:59:50Science & Medicine

The most surprising discovery in fundamental physics during my career as a scientist was undoubtedly the acceleration of the universe , announced in 1998. The most straightforward explanation for these observations is a...

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358 Solo: Vacuum Energy and the Cosmological Constant is an episode from Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas by Sean Carroll. The most surprising discovery in fundamental physics during my career...

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358 Solo: Vacuum Energy and the Cosmological Constant

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