Alan Guth is a theoretical physicist and cosmologist renowned as the originator of the inflationary universe theory. His work delves into the investigation of the early universe and the application of particle theory to its origins. Guth explores how the nascent universe underwent a phase of exponential expansion, with his research encompassing the extrapolation of density fluctuations and the study of inflation within "brane world" models. His calculations and theories continue to be tested and examined against observational data from cosmological missions.
Selten wird die Wissenschaft über Nacht so stark revolutioniert wie die Kosmologie durch Alan Guths Entdeckung der inflationären Theorie des Universums. Noch seltener gelingt es dem Urheber einer solchen Revolution, eine derart verständliche und einprägsame Darstellung von einer der aufregendsten Epochen in der modernen Kosmologie zu geben. Sogar Kenner werden Neues lernen.
This is the compelling, first-hand account of Alan Guth's paradigm-breaking discovery of the origins of the universe—and of his dramatic rise from young researcher to physics superstar. Guth's startling theory—widely regarded as one of the most important contributions to science during the twentieth century—states that the big bang was set into motion by a period of hyper-rapid “inflation,” lasting only a billion-trillion-billionth of a second. The Inflationary Universe is the passionate story of one leading scientist's effort to look behind the cosmic veil and explain how the universe began.