Fred Hoyle and his introduction of the Big Bang concept. M5 A2

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Fred Hoyle and the Big Bang Theory

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Fred Hoyle and the Big Bang Theory

History is such a hard thing to study . The older the story gets , the tougher it is to retrieve facts and details about it . Records are prone to be destroyed and lost as time goes by . But the most demanding task of all is to determine the elements of an event that happened even before anyone could make a record of . Or even a time when no

possible witness exists to tell the story to the future

The beginning of the universe is one such thing . It is impossible for someone to come up with an answer that would specifically define certain details and factors that happened thousands or millions of years ago Theories have been constantly formed , upgraded , and evolved to support different evidences that lead to the origin of the universe . Up to date there are still several speculations and contrasting beliefs on how the big galaxy started , the most popular of which is the Big Bang Theory coined by Fred Hoyle (Silver , 2000

Fred Hoyle was a man of science . He was an astronomer , a mathematician a novelist , and a very intelligent man . He was considered to be a clever man even during his childhood . In fact , he was able to memorize the multiplication tables up to the multiples of 12 (12x12 144 ) at a young age of four . After attaining his educational degree on Mathematics and Physics , he worked in several laboratories and establishments . During the World War II , Hoyle participated in the development of the radar . He also published several studies and s about cosmology , the galaxies the universe , and the earth (Books and , 2003

But he was very much known for being a controversialist , and for bringing the term Big Bang ' to the public . Ironically , Fred Hoyle was not in any way a contributor to the formation of the said theory . He was also not the instigator nor the supporter of the principles . He was , in fact , opposing and discrediting it as an explanation of how the universe began

The Big Bang ' theory 's idea actually originated from a Belgian Jesuit priest , Georges Lemaitre (Silver , 2000 . He suggested that

the universe started as a sphere , a primeval atom ' about thirty times larger than the sun (p . 455

This theory marks the beginning of a universe with a spontaneous explosion . Unlike other scientific theories of that time , this was partly accepted by the Catholic Church due to its similarity with the Genesis story of the Bible , the coming up of something out of nothing (Books and , 2003

Fred Hoyle however was not convinced . He claimed that although galaxies , stars and atom each had their own beginnings , the universe itself did not have one (Books and , 2003 . He continually examined the theory 's weak points and criticized it in conventions and in radio shows . And as a way of mocking the...