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236 | Thomas Hertog on Quantum Cosmology and Hawking's Final Theory
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
The Importance of Inflation in Quantum Cosmology
Inflation is a very rapid phase of inflation in expansion in the earliest stages of the universe's evolution. It creates a big universe in a fraction of a second, and so it sort of connects our entire observable universe. The roughness that you generate during inflation is reflected in the famous cosmic microwave background images. Inflation stands on its own, really, but the big question must have been how does inflation start?
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