Re: Cosmology

[Herbert H Gottlieb <herbgottlieb@JUNO.COM>]

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 19:46:29 -0600 Jim Green <JMGreen@SISNA.COM> writes:
>  If the universe were finite and smaller than the distance to the
> "surface of last scattering" (the place in deep space from whence comes
the
> cosmic microwaves and that constitutes the edge of the visible
universe),
> then multiple images should show up in the microwave background.
>
> OK it doesn't sound as though the list is better off than me.  But
> at least please explain how the Universe can be "smaller" than the
distance
> to the edge of the visible universe.  Does this mean that the
"universe"
> does not contain within it the place in deep space whence ("from
whence" is
> illiterate) comes the cosmic microwaves? Or does not contain the
> space outside this region?
>
> Oh, I have it; there is no space outside the universe whence come
> cosmic waves.  Nuts!
> Jim
> Jim Green mailto:JMGreen@sisna.com  http://users.sisna.com/jmgreen

It's a puzzlement?? ..... or does Jim have a point??