Fred HoyleMarch 1949
Popularises the phrase Big Bang while criticising cosmologies with an initial dense state.
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Popularises the phrase Big Bang while criticising cosmologies with an initial dense state.
In collaboration with Jim Hartle, Hawking develops a model in which the Universe has no boundary in space-time
In collaboration with Jim Hartle, Hawking develops a model in which the Universe has no boundary in space-time
Asked on the British daytime chat show Richard & Judy, to explain his assertion that the question "What came before the Big Bang?" was meaningless, he compared it to asking "What lies north of the North Pole?"
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