GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

BIG BANG THEORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who coined the phrase Big Bang?
A
Fred Doppler
B
Galileo Galilei
C
Edwin Hubble
D
Fred Hoyle
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Abstract. Fred Hoyle famously coined the term “big bang” in 1949, but it took a long time to catch on.

Detailed explanation-2: -English astronomer Fred Hoyle is credited with coining the term “Big Bang” during a talk for a March 1949 BBC Radio broadcast, saying: “These theories were based on the hypothesis that all the matter in the universe was created in one big bang at a particular time in the remote past."

Detailed explanation-3: -Hoyle is known for his popular science works, including The Nature of the Universe (1951), Astronomy and Cosmology (1975), and The Origin of the Universe and the Origin of Religion (1993). He also wrote novels, plays, short stories, and an autobiography, The Small World of Fred Hoyle (1986).

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