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big Bang

big Bang  

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The hypothetical but widely accepted ‘explosive’ event that marked the origin of the universe as we know it. At the time of the Big Bang, the entire universe was squeezed into an infinitely small, ...
continuous creation

continuous creation  

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The creation of matter as a continuing process throughout time, especially as postulated in steady state theories of the universe.
cosmology

cosmology  

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Religion
[Th]The world view and belief system of a community based upon their understanding of order in the universe.
Fred Hoyle

Fred Hoyle  

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(1915–2001)English astrophysicist and cosmologist. In 1948, with H. Bondi and T. Gold, he proposed the steady-state theory of the Universe in which matter is continuously created. Subsequently ...
Hermann Bondi

Hermann Bondi  

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Science and technology, Astronomy and Cosmology
(1919–2005)Britishcosmologist and mathematician, born in Austria. In 1948, with T. Gold and F. Hoyle, he proposed the steady-state theory of the Universe in which matter is continuously created. ...
James Jeans

James Jeans  

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Science and technology, Astronomy and Cosmology
(1877–1946)James Hopwood Jeans was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire on 11 September 1877 and died in Dorking, Surrey on 16 September 1946. He was educated at Merchant Taylor's School, London ...
perfect cosmological principle

perfect cosmological principle  

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An extension of the cosmological principle which proposes that the Universe is not only the same in all places and in all directions, but also at all times. The principle is the cornerstone of the ...
Sir Martin Ryle

Sir Martin Ryle  

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(1918–1984)British radio astronomer who carried out pioneering surveys of the radio sky in the 1950s and 1960s. Ryle was awarded the 1974 Nobel Prize for Physics (the first astronomer to be so ...
steady‐state theory

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World Encyclopedia

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2004
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Cosmological theory proposed (1948) by Austrian astronomers Hermann Bondi and Thomas Gold, and further developed by Fred

Thomas Gold

Thomas Gold  

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(1920–2004)Austrian-Americanastronomer. In 1948, with H. Bondi and F. Hoyle, he proposed the steady-state theory of the Universe in which matter is continuously created. In 1968 he and Hoyle ...
universe

universe  

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Everything that exists, including space, time, and matter. The study of the Universe is known as cosmology. Cosmologists distinguish between the Universe with a capital ‘U’, meaning the cosmos and ...

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