Heisenberg's uncertainty finally resolved
Micheal Ellis
onyxmirr at earthlink.net
Sat Feb 9 06:26:38 PST 2002
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>That is certainly my understanding of the matter. Anyway, while
>the Big Bang cosmology represented a very obvious development
>from the notion of an expanding universe, it is not the only
>possible one. The Steady State cosmology that was championed
>by the late Fred Hoyle and Herman Bondi, also posited an
>expanding universe, but unlike the Big Bang theory, it held
>that the universe had no beginning and no end. Instead,
>it was conceived as always existing, forever expanding,
>with a continuous creation of new matter, keeping the
>cosmic density constant over time. The Big Bang theory
>triumphed over the Steady State theory in the 1960s with
>the discovery of cosmic background radiation,
up to now is this being reconsidered? considering alleged hyper novas
(exploding black holes, whatever) emit the same radiation? gamma ray bursts?
did i misread those potential implications? does this not suggest that potentially
"big bangs" are happening all the time?
~M.E.
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