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29 - How the Big Bang Won the Debate About the Beginning of Time

Why This Universe?

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The Alpha Beta Gamma Paper

The Alpha Beta Gamma paper was the first on nucleosynthesis in the Big Bang. Hans Beta says he didn't ask to be on it, but George Gamau did as a marketing ploy. The calculations were almost entirely wrong and overestimated rates for different nuclear processes.

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