Public Talk: 50 year anniversary for the discovery of the cosmic microwave background

February 24, 2014
Public Talk: 50 year anniversary for the discovery of the cosmic microwave background
Thursday February 18, 2014 there were four short presentations celebrating the 50 years anniversary for the discovery of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) as evidence for the Big Bang. The event took place at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and featured Alan Guth (inflation), Bob Wilson (co-discoverer of the CMB), Bob Kirshner (cosmic acceleration), and Avi Loeb (future of the universe).
Video (public lecture featuring Alan Guth, Bob Wilson, Bob Kirshner, and Avi Loeb)
Related article in Smithsonian magazine:
New Scientist:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25097-big-bang-birthday-six-mysteries-of-a-cosmic-bombshell.html#.UwbRpChyH0c

Harvard Gazette:

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/02/sizing-up-the-big-bang/