ISSYP 2018

Abstract: “How did our universe begin?” is possibly one of the oldest questions that have bewildered humans throughout history. As a theoretical cosmologist, our job is to find a mathematically consistent picture for early universe that could explain observations, from the largest to the smallest…

Abstract: From astronomical observations, we know that the state of the early universe (just after the Big Bang) was extremely simple. This is surely an important clue about how the universe began, but what exactly is it trying to tell us? I will explain our new answer to this question: we think it…

Abstract: There is a strong correlation between the sun rising and the rooster crowing, but to say that the one causes the other is to say more. In particular, it says that making the rooster crow early will not precipitate an early dawn, whereas making the sun rise early (for instance, by moving…