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#2 Wendy Freedman - The Crisis in Cosmology, Standard Candles, Future of Cosmology

#2 Wendy Freedman - The Crisis in Cosmology, Standard Candles, Future of Cosmology

Released Friday, 16th June 2023
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#2 Wendy Freedman - The Crisis in Cosmology, Standard Candles, Future of Cosmology

#2 Wendy Freedman - The Crisis in Cosmology, Standard Candles, Future of Cosmology

#2 Wendy Freedman - The Crisis in Cosmology, Standard Candles, Future of Cosmology

#2 Wendy Freedman - The Crisis in Cosmology, Standard Candles, Future of Cosmology

Friday, 16th June 2023
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In this week's episode, David is joined by Wendy Freedman. Prof Freedman is a legendary cosmologist, who has played a central role in understanding the expansion rate of our Universe. She is a Professor of Cosmology at University of Chicago, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, a legacy fellow of the American Astronomical Society and winner of the Gruber Prize in Cosmology. Her recent work has focussed on precise measurements of the expansion rate of the Universe and has been a the heart of the so-called "Crisis in Cosmology" that we get into in today's episode.

 

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