Alan Guth

9 Podcast Episodes

Alan Guth: Inflation of The Universe & More

Alan Guth: Inflation of The Universe & More

In 1979 Alan Guth, then a postdoc at Cornell, made what is perhaps the most important contribution to our theoretical un... Read more

6 May 2022

2hr 29mins

Alan Guth – How it All Began

Alan Guth – How it All Began

Alan Guth is the man who put the bang in the Big Bang, when late one night he came up with the astonishing idea – aston... Read more

14 Jul 2020

38mins

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Inflationary Cosmology—Is Our Universe Part of a Multiverse with Professor Alan Guth ’69, PhD ’72

Inflationary Cosmology—Is Our Universe Part of a Multiverse with Professor Alan Guth ’69, PhD ’72

MIT professor Alan Guth ’69, PhD ’72 pioneered the theory of cosmic inflation: a period of rapid expansion that occurred... Read more

7 Feb 2020

38mins

Inflationary Cosmology—Is Our Universe Part of a Multiverse with Professor Alan Guth ’69, PhD ’72

Inflationary Cosmology—Is Our Universe Part of a Multiverse with Professor Alan Guth ’69, PhD ’72

MIT professor Alan Guth ’69, PhD ’72 pioneered the theory of cosmic inflation: a period of rapid expansion that occurred... Read more

7 Feb 2020

38mins

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Alan Guth: Stumbling To Inflation

Alan Guth: Stumbling To Inflation

Alan Guth is working on a fairly typical research paper, when he accidentally makes a huge discovery about the origin of... Read more

28 Nov 2015

19mins

Alan Guth: "The Big Bang theory was never a theory of the 'bang' itself. It is a theory about the aftermath of a bang."

Alan Guth: "The Big Bang theory was never a theory of the 'bang' itself. It is a theory about the aftermath of a bang."

In this interview we talk with Alan Guth, theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and one of the fathers of the theory of co... Read more

2 Aug 2015

40mins

La Brújula de la Ciencia s03e36: Alan Guth y la inflación cósmica

La Brújula de la Ciencia s03e36: Alan Guth y la inflación cósmica

En este capítulo os hablamos del universo cuando era muy muy joven, y lo hacemos para contaros un episodio de su histori... Read more

1 Aug 2015

10mins

Time travel is simulated in the lab; Alan Guth on the doubts clouding the BICEP2 result; how the Higgs should have destroyed the universe already; & could entropy explain why nature obeys quantum rules?

Time travel is simulated in the lab; Alan Guth on the doubts clouding the BICEP2 result; how the Higgs should have destroyed the universe already; & could entropy explain why nature obeys quantum rules?

Time travel is simulated in the lab; Alan Guth on the doubts clouding the BICEP2 result; how the Higgs should have destr... Read more

30 Jun 2014

42mins

Alan Guth. Eternal Inflation and Its Implications.

Alan Guth. Eternal Inflation and Its Implications.

Alan Guth. Eternal Inflation and Its Implications

20 Mar 2012

42mins

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