The first prominent proponent of a Universe with a finite, measurable beginning (a theory that would later be called the Big Bang theory) was: Fr. Georges Lemaître John Wheeler Albert Einstein Edwin Hubble Isaac Newton Stephen Hawking
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The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological model that explains the origin and evolution of the universe. It suggests that the universe began as a very hot and dense state, and has been expanding and cooling down ever since. Show more…
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