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Section 1 - Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
Section 2 - The Homogeneity of the Universe
Section 3 - Can Inflationary Theory Save the Big Bang?
Section 4 - References
THE BIG BANG THEORY—A SCIENTIFIC CRITIQUE [PART II] [Section 1]
Bert Thompson, Ph.D., Brad Harrub, Ph.D., and Branyon May
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