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The Cosmological Constant History of the Universe References Used in section Brief thermal history plot (Kolb and Turner, The Early Universe, p. 73) note: at one point it was possible to get this as a poster from Fermilab (http://www.fnal.gov is their home page). big bang nucleosynthesis page by M. White BBN plot from paper by Burles, Nollett and Turner (technical paper) dark matter clustering picture in paper by J. Bagla (technical) structure formation pictures by Virgo consortium Space Telescope pictures of young galaxies etc. A Timeline for the Universe by J. Mohr Cosmological Beliefs: the standard paradigm as expressed by Martin Rees Plot of objects by Z. Haiman Many books have excellent descriptions of the evolution of the universe, e.g. Padmanabhan and Silk both describe it at a very introductory level. Articles The Evolution of the Universe, Scientific American Article on-line. Cosmological Principles by J. Silk Lectures A Timeline for the Universe by J. Mohr Timeline from S. Myers The Big Bang and subsequent evolution, by B. Ryden The Hot Big Bang Model lecture by M. Norman (slides) The first three minutes, lecture by B. Ryden Timelines, Plots, Pages PBS timeline Standard History of the Universe by S. Myers Timeline Astronomy 209 at U Oregon Timeline and discussion at NCSA cosmos in a computer Notes on thermal history of the universe by J. Baker Models for structure formation by M. White and gravitational instability by M. White Humor The history of the universe in 200 words or less by Eric Schulman Home Syllabus References Lecture References Useful Links Contact Info Back to history of the universe outline.