Ages of the Universe

I read The Five Ages of the Universe (http://tinyurl.com/4x3vr) a couple
years ago. It was written by Fred Adams and Greg Laughlin. Its description
of eternity and the nature of the universe made a lot of sense to me. The
thing is though, is that it is the only placed I have heard this theory.
This makes me think it may not be scientifically credible. Are there any
solid reasons that the universe does not work the way the authors
described?

-phy

phy wrote:
I read The Five Ages of the Universe (http://tinyurl.com/4x3vr) a couple
years ago. It was written by Fred Adams and Greg Laughlin. Its description
of eternity and the nature of the universe made a lot of sense to me. The
thing is though, is that it is the only placed I have heard this theory.
This makes me think it may not be scientifically credible. Are there any
solid reasons that the universe does not work the way the authors
described?

-phy

Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmolog.htm
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmology_faq.html

WMAP: Foundations of the Big Bang theory
http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni.html

WMAP: Tests of Big Bang Cosmology
http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni/uni_101bbtest.html