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What put the Bang in the Big Bang?On the 7th of November 1919 an announcement was made to the great and good of the Royal Society. Photographs from the observations of a solar eclipse had just arri...ved in London. The images provided the proof of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.The astronomer, Carole Mundell explains the significance of that moment and charts the steps that led from there to the generally accepted idea of the origin of our Universe in the energetic burst of the Big Bang.But what caused the Big Bang and what came before it? Answering one fundamental question immediately threw up the next. With the help of the mathematician, physicist and philosopher of science, Sir Roger Penrose, Carole aims to find out if those are questions mankind can ever answer.This is part of a week of programmes examining the origins of the Universe.
What put the Bang in the Big Bang?On the 7th of November 1919 an announcement was made to the great and good of the Royal Society. Photographs from the observations of a solar eclipse had just arri...ved in London. The images provided the proof of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.The astronomer, Carole Mundell explains the significance of that moment and charts the steps that led from there to the generally accepted idea of the origin of our Universe in the energetic burst of the Big Bang.But what caused the Big Bang and what came before it? Answering one fundamental question immediately threw up the next. With the help of the mathematician, physicist and philosopher of science, Sir Roger Penrose, Carole aims to find out if those are questions mankind can ever answer.This is part of a week of programmes examining the origins of the Universe.
| Series: | A history of ideas |
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| First transmission date: | 2015-01-14 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC Radio 4 |
| Published: | 2015 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:11:00 |
| Note: | Radio 4 version |
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| Producer: | Alisdair Cross |
| Presenter: | Carole Mundell |
| Contributors: | Carole Mundell; Roger Penrose; Keith Moore |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Production number: | AUDA824B |
| Available to public: | no |
