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15 - Austin: The 1980s

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2024

Steven Weinberg
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University of Texas, Austin
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Weinberg returns to the “The Cosmological Constant Problem” and suggests an anthropic principle solution. Anthropic reasoning could make it possible for us to calculate the effective vacuum energy. Observations of dark energy in 1998 show that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. This observational result is not inconsistent with the notion of a possible multiverse – the issue has not been settled.

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Print publication year: 2024

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  • Austin: The 1980s
  • Steven Weinberg, University of Texas, Austin
  • Book: Steven Weinberg: A Life in Physics
  • Online publication: 22 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009513487.016
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  • Austin: The 1980s
  • Steven Weinberg, University of Texas, Austin
  • Book: Steven Weinberg: A Life in Physics
  • Online publication: 22 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009513487.016
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  • Austin: The 1980s
  • Steven Weinberg, University of Texas, Austin
  • Book: Steven Weinberg: A Life in Physics
  • Online publication: 22 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009513487.016
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