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Primeval Atom

Belgium · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1931–1933Date range
1Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1931

Georges Lemaitre1931

Louvain · Science / Astronomy

Lemaitre proposes a primeval atom origin for the expanding universe within relativistic cosmology

Georges Lemaitre1931

Louvain · Science / Astronomy

Lemaitre proposes that the universe expanded from a primeval atom, an early form of Big Bang theory

1933

Georges Lemaitre1933

California Institute of Technology · Science / Astronomy

Lemaitre lectures in the United States on the expanding universe and his primeval atom hypothesis

Names involved

Georges Lemaitre

Provenance

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