Abstract
A few years after the end of World War II, cosmology – a discipline then in search of respectability – wasinvolved in a controversy regarding the question of whether (or not) the universe had an origin. In this article,we review that period, describing the main ideas and names of this unique event.
Original language | Portuguese |
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Pages (from-to) | 112-119 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Cadernos de Astronomia |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 8 Sept 2023 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Big bang
- Nucleosynthesis
- Steady state theory
- George Gamow
- Fred Hoyle