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| − | Edwin Hubble was an astronomer who discovered evidence in 1929 that supported the "Big Bang" origin of the universe. | + | Edwin Hubble was an astronomer who discovered evidence in 1929 that supported the "Big Bang" origin of the universe. Though raised in a Christian family<ref>http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:-2smun058zEJ:www.astro.caltech.edu/~george/ay21/christianson.pdf+edwin+hubble+christian&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=ca</ref>, Hubble's discoveries persuaded nearly all physicists to accept that the universe had a spectacular beginning some 10 to 20 billion years ago.<ref> http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/universe/b_bang.html</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:47, March 5, 2007
Edwin Hubble was an astronomer who discovered evidence in 1929 that supported the "Big Bang" origin of the universe. Though raised in a Christian family[1], Hubble's discoveries persuaded nearly all physicists to accept that the universe had a spectacular beginning some 10 to 20 billion years ago.[2]