EPISODE 22: THE PRIMEVAL ATOM

In the 1920s, the work of the brilliant astronomer Edwin Hubble revealed the universe was expanding. But it was a Belgian preist named Georges Lemaitre who concieved of the idea that the universe began in the distant past. Today, we call this idea the big bang theory.

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EDITED BY:

Jilyana Solis

REFERENCES:

'Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos' by Dennis Overbye

'Hubble, Humason, and the Big Bang: The Race to Uncover the Expanding Universe' by Ron Voller

'The Preist who Proved Einstein Wrong' by Marcelo Gleiser

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