Tuesday, August 20, 2013

The Big Bang and Steady State

Between the two theories the main scientists mentioned in the article don't completely account for all of the possibilities that were in the universe. For example, Gamow couldn't account for the heavier elements that were in the universe. The story that explains how steady state theory is not taken in a serious way. Hoyle, one of the scientists that helped develop steady state theory, had said that it was a fundamental axiom. Steady state theory describes a universe that would remain constant; however, a big bang universe has an expansion rate that would continuously slow. It was believed by Ryle in 1951 that radio waves were located within our galaxy, however, most of them were extragalactic. Finally, in 1965, the debate between the big bang and steady state theories were over, the big bang was the clear winner out of everything.

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