<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1bd03f06-8d1a-4274-9543-2b96cc9d4960/54D38B9B-66EA-4E7C-BC63-186F13A58136/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Big_Bounce&oldid=311341664" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Big_Bounce&oldid=311341664" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Big_Bounce&oldid=311341664"><P>The <B>Big Bounce</B> is a theorized <A class="mw-redirect" title="Scientific model" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_model" linkindex="59">scientific model</A> related to the formation of the known <A title="Universe" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe" linkindex="60">Universe</A>. It derives from the <I><A title="Cyclic model" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_model" linkindex="61">cyclic model</A></I> or <I><A title="Oscillatory universe" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscillatory_universe" linkindex="62">oscillatory universe</A></I> interpretation of the <A title="Big Bang" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang" linkindex="63">Big Bang</A> where the first cosmological event was the result of the collapse of a previous universe.<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><A href="#cite_note-0" linkindex="64"><SPAN>[</SPAN>1<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Big_Bounce&oldid=311341664"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/C515583B-CF5B-4FD5-8546-241441E2C1C8" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Big_Bounce&oldid=311341664"><P>The main idea behind the quantum theory of a Big Bounce is that, as density approaches infinity, the behavior of the <I><A title="Quantum foam" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_foam" linkindex="75">quantum foam</A></I> changes. All the so-called fundamental physical constants, including the speed of light in a vacuum, were not so constant during the Big Crunch, especially in the interval stretching 10<SUP>−43</SUP> seconds before and after the point of inflection. (One unit of <I><A title="Planck time" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_time" linkindex="76">Planck time</A></I> is about 10<SUP>−43</SUP> seconds.)</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Big_Bounce&oldid=311341664"><CITE class="news">"<A rel="nofollow" title="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/05/060515232747.htm" class="external text" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/05/060515232747.htm" linkindex="108">Penn State Researchers Look Beyond The Birth Of The Universe</A>". <I>Science Daily</I>. May 17, 2006<SPAN class="printonly">. <A rel="nofollow" title="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/05/060515232747.htm" class="external free" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/05/060515232747.htm" linkindex="109">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/05/060515232747.htm</A></SPAN>.</CITE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Big_Bounce&oldid=311341664"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A rel="nofollow" title="http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/Bojowald6-2007.htm" class="external text" href="http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/Bojowald6-2007.htm" linkindex="124">What Happened Before the Big Bang?</A> (Penn State) July 1, 2007</LI></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/54D38B9B-66EA-4E7C-BC63-186F13A58136/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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