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Mesopotamian cosmology . has a flat,circular Earth enclosed in a cosmic Ocean. 12. th. century BCE. C. . Rigveda. has some cosmological hymns, most notably the Nasadiya Sukta. Lecture 2. Josh . Frieman. I Jayme . Tiomno. School of Cosmology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. July 2010. Hoje. V. Recent SN Surveys and Current Constraints on Dark Energy. VI. Fitting SN . Ia. Light Curves & Cosmology . Florida State University. YSP. Topics. Big . Bang Cosmology. The Accelerating Universe. Summary. Big . bang . cosmology. 3. In . the distant past the visible Universe was much smaller than it is today and therefore much, much hotter.. Written in simple and accessible language, this non-technical introduction to cosmology, or the creation and development of the universe, explains the discipline, covers its history, details the latest developments, and explains what is known, what is believed, and what is purely speculative. 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