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From satellites to the London Olympics, all in one career

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Discover why the number 6174 is so mysterious.

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September 2008
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cosmic microwave background radiation

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What happens when one black hole meets another? Professor Kip Thorne shows us how to eavesdrop on these cosmic events by watching for telltale gravitational waves.

Tags: gravity : interference : curvature of space : gravitational wave detector : black hole : Schwarzchild singularity : laser interferometry : Big Bang : cosmic microwave background radiation


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There might not be a Nobel Prize for mathematics, but maths is at the heart of the 2006 Nobel Prizes.

Tags: cosmology : Nobel prize : Big Bang : Economics : cosmic microwave background radiation : cmb


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Cambridge celebrates 25 years since the first very early Universe workshop

Tags: cosmology : geometry : Big Bang : relativity : cosmic microwave background radiation : theory of inflation