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The Humble Origins of the Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang theory changed how we understand our universe. But who do we have to thank for it? Read More ›
Big Bang Revolutionaries
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Luminet: The Real Heroes of the Big Bang Revolution

The discovery that the universe had a beginning was one of the most remarkable scientific achievements of the last century. Read More ›
Alexander Friedmann
Photo: Russian physicist and mathematician Alexander Friedmann, August 1, 1916. Friedmann was a decorated military aviator and aviation instructor before making a name for himself in cosmology as “the man who proved Einstein wrong.” He is rightly regarded as one of the fathers of the Big Bang. By unknown photographer, 1916, Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

A Scientific Revolution Comparable with Copernicus’

The location of his grave was quickly forgotten, since the Stalinist regime was hardly inclined to perpetuate the memory of this “creationist” scientist. Read More ›
Big Bang Revolutionaries
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The True Fathers of the Big Bang 

The purpose of this book is not to exhaustively survey the history of cosmology through the centuries. Read More ›
Jean-Pierre Luminet
Photo: Jean-Pierre Luminet, courtesy of the author.

New Book from DI Press, The Big Bang Revolutionaries, Praised by Three Nobel Laureates

Many widely read scientific writers of our day mistakenly attribute the concepts of the expanding universe and the Big Bang to Edwin Hubble and Albert Einstein. Read More ›
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Confirming the Big Bang: The Early Decades

Cosmologists have come a long way since Edwin Hubble published that ratty looking plot of galaxy recession velocities versus distance. Read More ›

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