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#115 Phil Halper & Niayesh Afshordi - What Came Before The Big Bang?

#115 Phil Halper & Niayesh Afshordi - What Came Before The Big Bang?

Update: 2025-08-04

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Niayesh Afshordi is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Waterloo. Phil Halper is a science communicator and YouTuber. Together, they have authored a book called "Battle of the Big Bang: The New Tales of Our Cosmic Origins", an overview of the state of modern cosmology on the nature of the big bang.

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#115 Phil Halper & Niayesh Afshordi - What Came Before The Big Bang?

#115 Phil Halper & Niayesh Afshordi - What Came Before The Big Bang?

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