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== Big Bang Theory Dissent Letter ==

== Big Bang Theory Dissent Letter ==

The Big Bang Theory has had many dissenters including the British astronomer Sir [[Fred Hoyle]], the Nobel Prize winner [[Hannes Alfven]], and astronomers [[Geoffrey Burbidge]] and [[Halton Arp]]. <ref>http://www.icr.org/article/343/</ref> It was Hoyle who sarcastically coined the term during a radio broadcast.

The Big Bang Theory has had many dissenters including the British astronomer Sir [[Fred Hoyle]], the Nobel Prize winner [[Hannes Alfven]], and astronomers [[Geoffrey Burbidge]] and [[Halton Arp]]. <ref>http://www.icr.org/article/343/</ref> It was Hoyle who sarcastically coined the term during a radio broadcast. A partial listing of the active astronomers who are proponents of the Big Bang Theory as a well-suited model to describe the Universe includes G. Aldering, R. Amanullah, Shin'ichiro Ando, K. Barbary, L. F. Barrientos, R. A. Bernstein, Dennis Bessada, H. Boehringer, Ian Bonnell, M. Brodwin, S. Cameron, H.-R. Chen, J. Stuart B. Wyithe,L. Christensen, J. G. Cohen, J. E. Colucci, N. Connolly, A. C. M. Correia, K.S. Dawson, R. Demarco, A. Dey, S. G. Djorgovski, M. Doi, M. Donahue, P. Eisenhardt, E. Ellingson, L. Faccioli, V. Fadeyev, H. K. Fakhouri, Xiaohui Fan, R. Fassbender, H. C. Ford, A. S. Fruchter, J. P. U. Fynbo, D. G. Gilbank, Carlo Giocoli, M. D. Gladders, Eilat Glikman, G. Goldhaber, A. H. Gonzalez, A. Goobar, A. Gude, T. Hattori, Joseph F. Hennawi, H. Hoekstra, X. Huang, Y. Ihara, Akio K. Inoue, B. T. Jannuzi, M. J. Jee, D. Johnston, K. Kashikawa, William H. Kinney, B. Koester, Z. Kolaczkowski, K. Konishi, M. Kowalski, J. Laskar, C. Ledoux, C. Lidman, E. V. Linder, S.-Y. Liu, Abraham Loeb, Steven Longmore, L. Lubin, Alec L. MacKinnon, Ashish Mahabal, Procheta C.V. Mallik, Crystal L. Martin, A. McWilliam, R.E. Mennickent, J. Meyers, T. Morokuma, C. Mullis, F. Munshi, Adam D. Myers, P. Noterdaeme, T. Oda, N. Panagia, Vasiliki Pavlidou, S. Perlmutter, P. Petitjean, M. Postman, T. Pritchard, J. Rhodes, Gordon T. Richards, P. Rosati, D. Rubin, D. J. Schlegel, Donald P. Schneider, Lior Shamir, Francesco Shankar, Yue Shen, Rowan J. Smith, A. Spadafora, S. A. Stanford, V. Stanishev, D. Stern, Dejan Stojkovic, Michael A. Strauss, V. Strazzullo, M. Strovink, Y.-N. Su, N. Suzuki, N. Takanashi, K. Tokita, M. Wagner, L. Wang, David H. Weinberg, N. Yasuda, and H. K. C. Yee.

      

      

In 2004, a ‘Open Letter to the Scientific Community’ disputing the big bang theory was signed by 33 scientists and has been published on the internet and in the science journal [[New Scientist]]. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2004/0601skepticism.asp</ref> <ref>http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18224482.900</ref>

In 2004, a ‘Open Letter to the Scientific Community’ disputing the big bang theory was signed by 33 scientists (but was not signed by any of the 110 astronomers listed above) and has been published on the internet and in the science journal [[New Scientist]]. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2004/0601skepticism.asp</ref> <ref>http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18224482.900</ref>

The dissent letter has subsequently been signed by hundreds of individuals around the world. <ref>http://www.cosmologystatement.org/</ref> Professional cosmologists are actively creating models (some of which contradict the Big Bang scenario) and collecting data that probe the specific nature of the earliest observable aspects of the Universe.

The dissent letter has subsequently been signed by hundreds of individuals around the world. <ref>http://www.cosmologystatement.org/</ref> Professional cosmologists are actively creating models (some of which contradict the Big Bang scenario) and collecting data that probe the specific nature of the earliest observable aspects of the Universe.