Keywords: Big bang inflation vs standard genericchart.png The inflationary theory as an augmentation to the Big Bang theory was first proposed by Alan Guth of MIT Inflation solves the 'horizon problem' by making the early universe much more compact than was assumed in the standard model Given such smaller size causal contact i e thermal communication would have been possible among all regions of the early universe The image was an adaptation from various generic charts depicting the growth of the size of the observable universe for both the standard model and inflationary model respectively of the Big Bang theory 2006-05-04 own assumed Cosmocurio Cosmology |