In the past 50 years, cosmology has gone from a field known for the errors being in the exponents to a precision science. The transformation—powered by ideas, technology, a paradigm shift, and culture change—has revolutionized our understanding of the Universe, with the Lambda cold dark matter (ΛCDM) paradigm as its crowning achievement. I chronicle the journey of precision cosmology and finish with thoughts about the next cosmological paradigm.

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通往精确宇宙学之路


在过去的 50 年里，宇宙学已经从一个以指数误差而闻名的领域发展成为一门精确的科学。在思想、技术、范式转变和文化变革的推动下，这种转变彻底改变了我们对宇宙的理解，Lambda 冷暗物质 （ΛCDM） 范式是其最高成就。我按时间顺序记录了精确宇宙学的旅程，并以对下一个宇宙学范式的想法结束。