Note

Since the volume is proportional to the cube of the diameter, during 100 doublings the volume increases by a factor of (2¹⁰⁰)3 = 2³⁰⁰ ≈ 2 x 10⁹⁰.

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Eternal Inflation

Evidence for Inflation

	Introduction
	How Does Inflation Work?
	Eternal Inflation: Mechanisms
	Eternal Inflation: Implications
	Did the Universe Have a Beginning?

	A Beginningless Universe?
	Did the Universe Have a Beginning?
	Did the Universe Have a Beginning?
	Was the Universe Designed?
	Are We Alone?
	Interview Index
	Hubble Deep Field Animation
	Media Index

	Is the Big Bang a Moment of Creation?
	Big Bang Cosmology and Theology