Image, left: The ΛCDM (Lambda cold dark matter) or Lambda-CDM model is a parametrization of the Big Bang cosmological model in which the universe contains a cosmological constant, denoted by Lambda (Greek Λ), associated with dark energy, and cold dark matter (abbreviated CDM). It is frequently referred to as the standard model of Big Bang cosmology, because it is the simplest model that provides a reasonably good account of the following properties of the cosmos:
•       the existence and structure of the cosmic microwave background
•       the large-scale structure in the distribution of galaxies
•       the abundances of hydrogen (including deuterium), helium, and lithium
the accelerating expansion of the universe observed in the light from distant galaxies and supernovae
JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
Hour One
Sunday 3 January 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Safe Is Not An Option: Overcoming The Futile Obsession With Getting Everyone Back Alive That Is Killing Our Expansion..., by Rand Simberg and William Simon (1 of 4)
Sunday 3 January 2016 / Hour 1, Block B: Safe Is Not An Option: Overcoming The Futile Obsession With Getting Everyone Back Alive That Is Killing Our Expansion..., by Rand Simberg and William Simon (2 of 4)
Sunday 3 January 2016 / Hour 1, Block C: Safe Is Not An Option: Overcoming The Futile Obsession With Getting Everyone Back Alive That Is Killing Our Expansion..., by Rand Simberg and William Simon (3 of 4)
Sunday 3 January 2016 / Hour 1, Block D: Safe Is Not An Option: Overcoming The Futile Obsession With Getting Everyone Back Alive That Is Killing Our Expansion..., by Rand Simberg and William Simon (4 of 4)
 
Hour Two
Sunday 3 January 2016 / Hour 2, Block A: Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe, by George Dyson (1 of 4)
Sunday 3 January 2016 / Hour 2, Block B: Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe, by George Dyson (2 of 4)
Sunday 3 January 2016 / Hour 2, Block C: Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe, by George Dyson (3 of 4)
Sunday 3 January 2016 / Hour 2, Block D: Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe, by George Dyson (4 of 4)
 
Hour Three
Sunday 3 January 2016 / Hour 3, Block A: The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World, by Russell Gold (1 of 4)
Sunday 3 January 2016 / Hour 3, Block B: The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World, by Russell Gold (2 of 4)
Sunday 3 January 2016 / Hour 3, Block C: The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World, by Russell Gold (3 of 4)
Sunday 3 January 2016 / Hour 3, Block D: The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World, by Russell Gold (4 of 4)
 
Hour Four
Sunday 3 January 2016 / Hour 4, Block A: The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires, by Tim Wu (1 of 2)
Sunday 3 January 2016 / Hour 4, Block B: The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires, by Tim Wu (2 of 2)
Sunday 3 January 2016 / Hour 4, Block C: Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World, by Lisa Randall (1 of 2)
Sunday 3 January 2016 / Hour 4, Block D: Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World, by Lisa Randall (2 of 2)
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