Cosmic inflation was dreamed up in the 1980s to overcome the problem that the overall temperature and density of the universe is much more uniform than models predicted. At the big bang, space-time was squashed in on itself like a screwed-up piece of paper. Even expanding It to the size of the currently observable universe would not have erased all of its creases. Here, Clark discusses how cosmic inflation might happen.
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