Georges-Henri Lemaitre, a Belgian physicist and Jesuit priest was known as "the father of the Big Bang"From The National Geographic (here)
The idea evolved in the 1920s after astronomers determined that Albert Einstein's theories supported a universe that was expanding. Georges-Henri Lemaitre, a Belgian physicist and Jesuit priest known as "the father of the Big Bang," suggested in the late 1920s that if the entire universe were expanding, it started from a single point.
Hard Proof
American astronomer Edwin Hubble uncovered the first hard proof in 1929. By measuring light emitted by stars, he found that giant clusters of stars called galaxies were moving away from each other like debris scattered outward by a massive explosion.
Later discoveries about the makeup of the universe also fit the theory. Helium is created from hydrogen during nuclear reactions inside stars. However, stars haven't been around long enough to produce the amount of helium in the universe today. Calculations show the quantity of helium is exactly what you would expect if a big bang had occurred.
Perhaps the most persuasive evidence is the microwave radiation that permeates the cosmos. In 1948, U.S. physicist George Gamow theorized that a massive big bang would have scattered intense radiation throughout the universe.
More on Fr. Lemaitre (here)
2 comments:
Perfect! Keep up the good work. (SF writer)
The electric universe will one day make you see the light, hopefully before we waste much more money on theories based on being able to divide by zero. my are you all going to feel stupid!
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