Who Proposed the Theory?
| Georges Lemaitre
first proposed the idea of the Big Bang even
thought he does not always get the credit for
it. Some people believe that the credit should
go to Edwin Hubble who first observed that the
universe is continuously expanding. Others
claim that Lemaitre first made the
observations, but they went unnoticed until
after Hubble published his report. These
observations are ultimately what led to
formulating the idea of a Big Bang. In 1931,
Lemaitre explained his idea at a meeting of
the British Association in London. At first,
Einstein did not believe Lemaitre's idea, but
after more research he eventually came around.
Lemaitre ended up receiving many awards
including the Francqui Prize, Eddington Medal,
and was elected a member of the Pontifical
Academy of Sciences. Around 1949 George Gamow
took Lemaitre's abandoned idea and revised it.
People today more commonly acknowledge George
Gamow for formulating the Big Bang Theory.
Pictures below from top to bottom Georges Lemaitre and Albert Einstein http://www.catholiceducation.org/en/science/faith-and- science/a-day-without-yesterday-georges-lemaitre-amp-the-big-bang.html George Gamow http://totallyhistory.com/george-gamow/ |
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