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Beyond the Big Bang 
  
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G. Felder
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This paper introduces a theory known as inflation, a modification of the standard "big bang" model of the history of the universe. In an earlier paper, called "The Expanding…
http://www.felderbooks.com/papers/inflation.html
The Expanding Universe 
  
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An online paper by Gary Felder on the standard expanding universe. The major points cover the possibility of an infinite or finite universe, the history of our universe and how it…
http://www.felderbooks.com/papers/cosmo.html
The Early Universe 
  
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This web page contains lecture notes about the early universe. It describes the conditions that allowed particles to evolve into large stars and galaxies. The information provided is…
http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/%7Eluca/astr/Topics-Extrasolar/Beginning-N.ht...
Astronomy 123: Galaxies and the Expanding Universe 
  
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This is a course website for teaching galaxies and the expanding universe in one semester to introductory astronomy non-science majors. It contains a syllabus, lectures, links to…
http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast123/
Astronomy and Cosmology: The Description, Origin, and Development of the Universe 
  
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Astronomy and Cosmology: The Description, Origin, and Development of the Universe is a section of a larger tutorial describing the uses of remote sensing. The author disscusses many…
http://drr.ikcest.org/remote-sensing-tutorial/chapter20/Sect_A010.html
LAMBDA - Educational Resources 
  
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Student projects designed as supplements to an undergraduate cosmology course are available on the LAMBDA website (Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data Analysis). One project…
https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/education/
Logarithmic Maps of the Universe 
  
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M. Juric and R. Gott
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Instructors can use images from this website to teach students about recently revised map of the universe which illustrates recent discoveries, ranging from Kuiper belt objects in…
https://www.astro.princeton.edu/universe/
Low Density Inflationary Universes 
  
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This site discusses the problems that a low density universe causes for the inflation theory. It also discusses the open vs closed universe theories and what is meant by critical…
http://www.ctc.cam.ac.uk/outreach/origins/inflation_one.php
An Introduction to the Cosmic Microwave Background 
  
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This web site presents a basic introduction to the cosmic background radiation and cosmology. It includes terms, graphs, and animations to present the key principles and ideas of…
http://background.uchicago.edu/~whu/beginners/introduction.html
Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures 
  
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Editor: A. Fraknoi; Publishers: Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, NASA Ames Research Center, and Foothill College
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This series of video lectures covers a wide range of current topics in astronomy and astrophysics given by leading scientists in their fields. These are recorded from regular…
https://www.youtube.com/user/SVAstronomyLectures
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