Cosmology
noun
The study of the universe, including its origin, properties, structure, and evolution.
Cosmology is a branch of astronomy that involves the origin and evolution of the universe.
Often appears as...
- physical cosmology
- observational cosmology
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Academic
noun
A particular theory, model, or view of the structure and origin of the universe.
Stephen Hawking's cosmology is defined in his book, 'A Brief History of Time'.
Often appears as...
- big bang cosmology
- buddhist cosmology
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Formal
Academic
noun
The study of the universe, including its origin, properties, structure, and evolution.
Cosmology is a branch of astronomy that involves the origin and evolution of the universe.
Often appears as...
- physical cosmology
- observational cosmology
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A particular theory, model, or view of the structure and origin of the universe.
Stephen Hawking's cosmology is defined in his book, 'A Brief History of Time'.
Often appears as...
- big bang cosmology
- buddhist cosmology
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Academic Field
Cosmology is used in scientific or academic contexts, not casual conversations.
She's specializing in cosmology for her PhD.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Astrology
Cosmology is often confused with astrology but is strictly scientific without mystical implications.
Unlike astrology, cosmology requires mathematical and observational evidence.
Pro Tip 3/3Branches of Cosmology
Understand the difference between physical, observational, and theoretical cosmology.
He is fascinated by theoretical cosmology, as it speculates about the universe's very beginnings.
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Field
Cosmology is used in scientific or academic contexts, not casual conversations.
She's specializing in cosmology for her PhD.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Astrology
Cosmology is often confused with astrology but is strictly scientific without mystical implications.
Unlike astrology, cosmology requires mathematical and observational evidence.
Pro Tip 3/3Branches of Cosmology
Understand the difference between physical, observational, and theoretical cosmology.
He is fascinated by theoretical cosmology, as it speculates about the universe's very beginnings.
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Field
Cosmology is used in scientific or academic contexts, not casual conversations.
She's specializing in cosmology for her PhD.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Astrology
Cosmology is often confused with astrology but is strictly scientific without mystical implications.
Unlike astrology, cosmology requires mathematical and observational evidence.
Pro Tip 3/3Branches of Cosmology
Understand the difference between physical, observational, and theoretical cosmology.
He is fascinated by theoretical cosmology, as it speculates about the universe's very beginnings.
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The fascinating physics...
So, our current cultural image of physics looks like this. There's quantum mechanics down in that corner, it's very small, it's very weird, it happens very quickly, and it's a long way down in the general on the scale of anything that matters for everyday life. And then there's cosmology, which is up there; very large, very far away,
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Why is our universe...
When we learn that astronomers of the far future may not have enough information to figure things out, the natural question is, maybe we're already in that position and certain deep, critical features of the universe already have escaped our ability to understand because of how cosmology evolves.
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Where does creativity...
in what order they happen. What are the influences? How do I, as the narrator, as the writer, also influence that? And it's also one that, I think, many of our scientists have been asking. It's a kind of cosmology, and I have to develop a cosmology of my own universe,
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Alex Wissner-Gross: A...
across science, across a variety of disciplines, that were pointing, I think, towards a single, underlying mechanism for intelligence. In cosmology, for example, there have been a variety of different threads of evidence that our universe appears to be finely tuned
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The beginning of the...
Such a good thing that an entire field of scientific endeavor is devoted to its study. This is known as cosmology. Cosmologists look at what's out there in space and piece together the tale of how our universe what it's doing now, what it's going to be doing,
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CERN's supercollider PIPE...
a different perspective of what I think -- what particle physics really means to me -- particle physics and cosmology. And that's that I think it's given us a wonderful narrative -- almost a creation story, if you'd like -- about the universe,
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Making sense of...
suggested that numbers were the building blocks of the Universe and part of this belief was that everything from cosmology and metaphysics to music and morals followed eternal rules describable as ratios of numbers.
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The Role of Role Models...
done it before you then you would never do anything new so for me in my life I assembled my role models ala carte so I found the scientist who had a total command of cosmology in the universe and
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How electromagnetic...
knowledge of the observable universe but also to ask and answer key questions in astrophysics cosmology and fundamental physics in fact the SKA will be so sensitive
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Stephen Petranek: 10...
The advances that have taken place in astronomy, cosmology and biology, in the last 10 years, are really extraordinary --
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The fascinating physics...
So, our current cultural image of physics looks like this. There's quantum mechanics down in that corner, it's very small, it's very weird, it happens very quickly, and it's a long way down in the general on the scale of anything that matters for everyday life. And then there's cosmology, which is up there; very large, very far away,
Video examples
Why is our universe...
When we learn that astronomers of the far future may not have enough information to figure things out, the natural question is, maybe we're already in that position and certain deep, critical features of the universe already have escaped our ability to understand because of how cosmology evolves.
Video examples
Where does creativity...
in what order they happen. What are the influences? How do I, as the narrator, as the writer, also influence that? And it's also one that, I think, many of our scientists have been asking. It's a kind of cosmology, and I have to develop a cosmology of my own universe,
Video examples
Alex Wissner-Gross: A...
across science, across a variety of disciplines, that were pointing, I think, towards a single, underlying mechanism for intelligence. In cosmology, for example, there have been a variety of different threads of evidence that our universe appears to be finely tuned
Video examples
The beginning of the...
Such a good thing that an entire field of scientific endeavor is devoted to its study. This is known as cosmology. Cosmologists look at what's out there in space and piece together the tale of how our universe what it's doing now, what it's going to be doing,
Video examples
CERN's supercollider PIPE...
a different perspective of what I think -- what particle physics really means to me -- particle physics and cosmology. And that's that I think it's given us a wonderful narrative -- almost a creation story, if you'd like -- about the universe,
Video examples
Making sense of...
suggested that numbers were the building blocks of the Universe and part of this belief was that everything from cosmology and metaphysics to music and morals followed eternal rules describable as ratios of numbers.
Video examples
The Role of Role Models...
done it before you then you would never do anything new so for me in my life I assembled my role models ala carte so I found the scientist who had a total command of cosmology in the universe and
Video examples
How electromagnetic...
knowledge of the observable universe but also to ask and answer key questions in astrophysics cosmology and fundamental physics in fact the SKA will be so sensitive
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Stephen Petranek: 10...
The advances that have taken place in astronomy, cosmology and biology, in the last 10 years, are really extraordinary --
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Tracy Hickman
American Author
I've always been fascinated by the Norsemen, their lives, history and cosmology. The more we study them the more interesting they become... breaking their own stereotypes. We usually think of them as barbarians, but there were aspects to their society that shows a tremendous level of civilization, sophistication and social advance.
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Weyes Blood
American Musician
I have my own cosmology that's kind of like an esoteric mix of a lot of different things that work for me and that to me, are worth exploring. There is a little bit of the archetypal Christianity that I've kind of reconciled because when you're raised that way, inevitably that infrastructure will persist into your adulthood.
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David Gross
American Physicist
The main reason why people should care about research in fundamental physics is the same reason they care about astronomy and cosmology. People, children, want to know what we're made out of, how it works, and why the universe is the way it is.
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Andrei Sakharov
Russian Physicist
My present work concerns the problems connected with the theory of elementary particles, the theory of gravitation and cosmology and I shall be glad if I can manage to make some contribution to these important branches of science.
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Brian Greene
American Physicist
I wouldn't say that 'The Fabric of the Cosmos' is a book on cosmology. Cosmology certainly plays a big part, but the major theme is our ever-evolving understanding of space and time, and what it all means for our sense of reality.
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Sandra Faber
American Scientist
The realization that baryonic matter is only a trace component of the universe revealed our understanding of the cosmos as shockingly incomplete and was one of the milestones that ushered in the era of modern cosmology.
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Robert Nozick
American Philosopher
Evolutionary cosmology formulates theories in which a universe is capable of giving rise to and generating future universes out of itself, within black holes or whatever.
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Leonard Susskind
American Physicist
The success of ordinary cosmology speaks against the idea that the universe was created in a random fluctuation.
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Margaret Geller
American Scientist
One of the great challenges of modern cosmology is to discover what the geometry of the universe really is.
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Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
American Author
In my cosmology, indigenous wild deer are more important than exotic ornamental shrubs.
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Tracy Hickman
American Author
I've always been fascinated by the Norsemen, their lives, history and cosmology. The more we study them the more interesting they become... breaking their own stereotypes. We usually think of them as barbarians, but there were aspects to their society that shows a tremendous level of civilization, sophistication and social advance.
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Weyes Blood
American Musician
I have my own cosmology that's kind of like an esoteric mix of a lot of different things that work for me and that to me, are worth exploring. There is a little bit of the archetypal Christianity that I've kind of reconciled because when you're raised that way, inevitably that infrastructure will persist into your adulthood.
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David Gross
American Physicist
The main reason why people should care about research in fundamental physics is the same reason they care about astronomy and cosmology. People, children, want to know what we're made out of, how it works, and why the universe is the way it is.
Quote examples
Andrei Sakharov
Russian Physicist
My present work concerns the problems connected with the theory of elementary particles, the theory of gravitation and cosmology and I shall be glad if I can manage to make some contribution to these important branches of science.
Quote examples
Brian Greene
American Physicist
I wouldn't say that 'The Fabric of the Cosmos' is a book on cosmology. Cosmology certainly plays a big part, but the major theme is our ever-evolving understanding of space and time, and what it all means for our sense of reality.
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Sandra Faber
American Scientist
The realization that baryonic matter is only a trace component of the universe revealed our understanding of the cosmos as shockingly incomplete and was one of the milestones that ushered in the era of modern cosmology.
Quote examples
Robert Nozick
American Philosopher
Evolutionary cosmology formulates theories in which a universe is capable of giving rise to and generating future universes out of itself, within black holes or whatever.
Quote examples
Leonard Susskind
American Physicist
The success of ordinary cosmology speaks against the idea that the universe was created in a random fluctuation.
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Margaret Geller
American Scientist
One of the great challenges of modern cosmology is to discover what the geometry of the universe really is.
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Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
American Author
In my cosmology, indigenous wild deer are more important than exotic ornamental shrubs.
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