A tale of two theories

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A Tale of Two Theories

Since the dawn of man, humans expressed themselves through legends and myths, advanced throughout the ages. Now, with increasingly advanced scientific equipment we can see that the universe is far more vast and complex than our wildest dreams could have imagined. I hope in writing this, I can shed some light, regarding some modern beliefs regarding the origin of the universe by answering a series of questions. Regarding some of the common theories that may explain the evolution of the universe. What exactly is the "Big Bang Theory" and how does it work? In addition, how our solar system developed from The Big Bang? I will endeavor to use scientific data to base the evolution of our universe around The Big Bang.
Two theories that I want to explain in regards to the creation of the universe. The first the infamous Big Bang Theory, which will be detailed later. The second is the Steady State Theory. (Weinberg, 1977)
The later hypothesis was created to replace the common belief that the universe was completely static. The expansion of the universe was discovered in 1929 when Edwin Hubble discovered that every galaxy in the universe was moving away from each other, this could only mean the universe was expanding. Hubble found the movement of the galaxies by using a phenomenon known as the Doppler Effect. This effect caused objects moving away from an observer to be “red-shifted", and objects moving towards an observer to be "blue-shifted" (Hawking, 1988)
The expansion was traced backwards through time to discover that all the galaxies had originated from the same point. Which lead to the belief that all matter spawn from that "center of the universe" discovered by Hubble.
The Stead...

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... to new technology introduced in the past fifty years and thanks to the imagination and intellectual genus making innovative technology, allowing us to learn about the universe that we would have not thought possible not too long ago. Although all the advances we are still far from knowing the absolute truth regarding the birth of the universe. As early astronomers thought that they were correct in their theories, but most ended up being wrong. We cannot assume that our theories are correct because although we may know more, we will never know all.

Works Cited

Hawking, S. W. (1988). A Brief History Of Time . New York: Bantam.
Kitchen, C. (1990). Journeys To The End Of The Universe. Bristol: Adam Hilger.
Silk, J. (1994). A Short History Of The Universe. New York: Scientific America Library.
Wienberg, S. (1977). The First Three Minutes. New York: Basic Books, Inc.

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