Open AccessThe expansion rate of the universe
Author(s) -
Freedman Wendy
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1046/j.1468-4004.2002.43110.x
Subject(s) - george (robot) , darwin (adl) , cosmology , physics , metric expansion of space , hubble's law , universe , theoretical physics , observational cosmology , astronomy , astrophysics , philosophy , dark energy , art history , computer science , history , software engineering
Wendy Freedman presents the 2001 George Darwin Lecture on present and future advances in cosmology. Modern cosmology is undergoing an explosion of observational and experimental results that is in turn driving significant theoretical advances and a dynamic interface between theory and experiment. As a consequence, cosmological parameters are becoming much more precisely constrained. In this, the George Darwin lecture for 2001, I look back at the some of the advances made since Edwin Hubble presented his George Darwin lecture in 1953, and look ahead to the resolution of significant cosmological uncertainties.