The name of the Portuguese theoretical physicist is Joao Magueijo and he has an interesting site here
João Magueijo's Big Bang : Science Channel
Perhaps more important than his VST is his early recognition of structure within WMAP. There is a linear anomaly he calls "the axis of evil" brcause it can be interpreted many ways. Most BBT advocates think it is simply due to our motion within the local group. Joao begs to differ. Cool controversy
An excellent site for questions and answers or at least info and insights is here (example specific to why we don't see a speck as we look way out)
Curious About Astronomy: When we look back to the Big Bang, why don't we see the universe as a tiny speck of matter?
There are also good sections on measuring distance, the size and shape of the universe there, and also here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distanc...res_(cosmology)
