Volume 36, Number 2 · February 16, 1989
The Origin of the Universe
By Victor F. Weisskopf
How did the universe begin about 12 billion years ago? The question concerns the very large—space, galaxies, etc.—but also the very small, namely the innermost structure of matter. The reason is that the early universe was very hot, so that matter was then decomposed into its constituents. These two topics hang together, and this is what makes them so interesting.
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