# The discovery that could rewrite physics

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2014
- Speaker: Allan Adams
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics, Astronomy and space
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/allan_adams_the_discovery_that_could_rewrite_physics)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

On March 17, 2014, a group of physicists announced a thrilling discovery: the “smoking gun” data for the idea of an inflationary universe, a clue to the Big Bang. For non-physicists, what does it mean? TED asked Allan Adams to briefly explain the results, in this improvised talk illustrated by Randall Munroe of xkcd.

## Lectures

1. [The discovery that could rewrite physics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/allan_adams_the_discovery_that_could_rewrite_physics/146b01219691), 5 min (TED's player)