Who first proposed "the big bang theory"?

live4trivia

This is off the top of my head, but wasn't it Edwin Hubble who proposed the big bang theory. Nov 16 03, 4:29 PM

griffinj

Looks like the top of your head is on top of things in more ways than one. http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/bigbang.htm Nov 16 03, 4:47 PM

gmackematix

According to TV's "QI" Edgar Allen Poe pre-empted this idea in a work called "Eureka". Nov 16 03, 10:15 PM

Linus_337

Several sites indicate that Hubble discovered in the 1920s that the universe was expanding, but Russian-American physicist George Gamow modified Lemaître's theory of the primeval atom into what is known as the "Big Bang" theory of the origin of the universe in 1948. http://www.levity.com/mavericks/bigbang.htm Nov 17 03, 7:50 AM

brian59

Linus is correct but the first astronomer to use the term (in a disparaging context) was Fred Hoyle, who proposed the conflicting Steady State theory. Graves are made for rolling in! Nov 18 03, 2:05 AM

Original22

It was originally proposed by Georges Lemaitre, but it was modified by Hubble and others... The Big Bang Theory got its name through a joke, though. Hubble, I believe, was announcing the idea during some meeting and his competitor thought it was crazy. He said some comment in reference of a big bang, and the name just stuck... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang_Theory Dec 19 08, 8:04 AM

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