• DOI:10.1140/epjh/e2014-50002-y
Corpus ID: 118539956

Discovery of the hot Big Bang: What happened in 1948

@article{Peebles2013DiscoveryOT,
  title={Discovery of the hot Big Bang: What happened in 1948},
  author={P. Peebles},
  journal={The European Physical Journal H},
  year={2013},
  volume={39},
  pages={205-223}
}

• P. Peebles
• Published 2013
• History, Physics
• The European Physical Journal H

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Abstract
The idea that the universe is filled with the thermal radiation now termed the Cosmic
Microwave Background was discussed in eleven publications in the year 1948. These papers
offer a detailed example of the process of development of a new and now very productive
line of research, and of the confusion that can attend new ideas. The confusion in this
case left a common misunderstanding of the considerations that motivated the idea of the
sea of radiation.