The beginning of the universe, for beginners - Tom Whyntie
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Let’s Begin…
How did the universe begin -- and how is it expanding? CERN physicist
Tom Whyntie shows how cosmologists and particle physicists explore these
questions by replicating the heat, energy, and activity of the first few
seconds of our universe, from right after the Big Bang.
Unsurprisingly, there’s actually a lot more to the story of our universe than we could fit into this video. Which particles are missing? Where do they fit into the story? How might the story be different if we weren’t looking backwards in time?
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Meet The Creators
- Producer Cathy Kwan
- Compositor Connie Chan
- Director Dan Abdo, Jason Patterson
- Animator Joey Mccormick, Mike Luzzi
- Editor R.J. Glass
- Educator Tom Whyntie
- Narrator Tom Whyntie
