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SUMMARY:Back to the Beginning in Cosmology and Experimental Radio Astronom
 y - Professor Tony Readhead\, CALTECH\, USA
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CONTACT:Greg Willatt
DESCRIPTION:This is the fifth of a lecture series established to honour th
 e outstanding contribution of Antony Hewish to the development of radio as
 tronomy.\n\nThe physicists who founded radio astronomy carried out fundame
 ntal experiments with modest instruments that led to the discoveries of th
 e cosmological evolution of radio sources\, quasars\, the microwave backgr
 ound\, and pulsars.  This tradition has continued\, especially in the micr
 owave background\, where small groups still do fundamental experiments wit
 h modest instruments.  The development of this field will be described up 
 to the latest results of the Planck satellite and those of the BICEP2 expe
 riment\, which if confirmed push the cosmic clock back to 10-38 seconds af
 ter the Big Bang\; and the future of experimental radio astronomy in the e
 ra of megaprojects will be discussed in the light of the current renaissan
 ce in low frequency experimental radio astronomy.
LOCATION:Pippard Lecture Theatre\, Cavendish Laboratory
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