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Cramer: Big Bang or Big Groan?

by Chris Tachibana | May 2, 2013

1365708066-sky_wmap_0John G. Cramer gives us a sound bite of the birth (or at least early childhood) of the universe. John is a University of Washington physics professor but the project started with his writings for Analog Science Fiction and Fact. The sound recreation is so cool, it quickly went viral.

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