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    Even though the Big Bang and the Biblical Creation story seem to fit together, there are still lots of scientists who claim that people do not need to invoke a higher being to prove how the universe began. John Lennox discusses Hawking in his books and his view on religion which is that “the concept of God, or the gods, is a placeholder for human ignorance- a ‘God of the Gaps’, who will increasingly be displaced as the gaps in our knowledge are filled by scientific explanations” (Lennox 23). This

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    the Big Bang theory is true and the steady state theory is wrong. The Big Bang theory states; all matter and energy in the universe was compressed into an extremely small volume that 13 billion to 15 billion years ago exploded and began expanding in all directions. The steady state theory states; the universe is always expanding but maintaining a constant average density. Red-shifted light spectrum, cosmic background radiation, and the composition of matter all take part in supporting the Big Bang

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    towards that the universe was expanding, but this was not enough to separate the Big Bang theory from its’ rivals. A few decades after the redshift concept was discovered, scientists detected groundbreaking evidence that was considered the smoking gun. Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson detected the remnants of radiation created from the Big Bang. This cosmic background radiation was the thermal radiation left over from the Big Bang. It was collected in the form as omnidirectional microwaves, which was red-shifted

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    The single piece of evidence for the Big Bang, if removed, that would cause the theory to lose its credibility it Red Shift. While of course there are other strong pieces of evidence, none are as crucial to the structural integrity of the theory, like red shift is. The reasons that red shift is so vital to this theory are the facts that everything in our galaxy is red shifted, the fact that if the galaxies were stationary, that would mean that they would've been there forever, and the fact that without

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    works. The “Big Bang Theory” and the “Steady State Theory” are constantly compared using evidence collated thus far by scientists and astrologists. By using this evidence, experts are creating a picture of how the universe came about along with scenarios as to what happened in the beginning and what is happening now. Through the use of this evidence, the schools of thought are increasingly favouring one of the abovementioned theories. Key Aspects of Big Bang Theory The big bang theory is the main

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    Appendix: I will be analyzing The Big Bang Theory, a popular TV show which features the lives of four gifted scientists working at Caltech. I will be analyzing the communication issues that Sheldon Cooper, a revered physicist faces on a day-to-day basis. It is safe to say that every character has been frustrated with Sheldon at one point or another mainly down to his style of communication. Being extremely gifted and unexposed to various groups of people, Sheldon’s communication style has been a

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    Timeline of The Big Bang The broadly accepted philosophy for the evolution of our universe is the Big Bang theory, which states that the universe began as an incredibly hot and dense point roughly 13.7 billion years ago before expanding into a large, unexplored cosmos; home to an unknown amount of planets and systems. The universe is said to have begun with a cataclysm that generated space and time, as well as all of the matter and energy that the universe will ever hold. For an incomprehensibly

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    Good morning/afternoon Ms Jungmann and class. Now we all know that before life has begun, there was nothing. But the big bang theory is a scientific way to explain what happened at the very beginning of our universe. George Lemaitre is the priest and physicist who was born in 1894 in Charleroi, Belgium that perhaps made the greatest discovery in modern cosmology, the discovery that our universe is expanding. In his early age, he was attracted to both theology and science but was soon interrupted

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    In this essay I will be writing about the big bang theory and some of the people who have been involved over the years to prove this theory. I will also be talking about the cosmic microwave background and about gravitational waves as well as red shift, and the people who help find out about these things. The big bang theory is a theory that our universe and everything in it started at one incredibly tiny, minute point that than began to expand in a hot fiery explosion which continued to grow for

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    beach?¨ ¨Shoot!¨ I exclaimed. I had totally forgot that we were going to the beach that day. I immediately went to the cupboard to get some cereal, then I went and sat on the couch and turned on my favorite television show; The Big Bang Theory. After that i went downstairs and did my makeup, got my swim suit, packed my bag up; by the time i was done getting ready it was

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