The accelerating expansion of the universe, dark energy and the Nobel Prize [Astro et al Ep.05]

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How we discover the accelerating universe? Who did that? How is life after winning a Nobel Prize? A conversation with the Nobel Prize winner Dr. Brian Schmidt, How did he become interested in astronomy? How did the Nobel Prize change his life? Why is the universe speeding up? What is dark energy? And of course, so much more.

During the conversation

• BOOK. The making of the atomic bomb by Richard Rhodes
• Cosmos Series by Carl Sagan
• Follow Brian Schmidt on Twitter

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