Was There a Big Bang?

Abstract: The idea that our Universe emerged as a result of the extraordinary power of the Big Bang from singularity (i.e., a state of an infinitely small quantity and infinitely high concentration of matter) is still very popular today. It was one of the main postulates of the Big Bang theory that completely formed in the 1960s-1970s. However, at present this idea as well as the Big Bang theory is outdated, although it is still shared by many scientists. Being widespread since the end of the 1970s the Inflation theory appears more modern. The main reason for the emergence of the Inflation theory was that the Big Bang theory could not satisfactorily explain a number of the contemporary parameters of the Universe. The Inflation theory makes still widespread views of the Big Bang theory archaic as regards the following points: 1) the history of the Universe started with the Big Bang; 2) it started with the singularity. According to the Inflation theory, the Big Bang was not the beginning and t

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 89-99 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Grinin, Leonid (Hg.), Korotayev, Andrey (Hg.): History & Mathematics: Big History Aspects. 2019. S. 89-99. ISBN 978-5-7057-5464-9

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim, Volgograd
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V., Uchitel Publishing House
• (when): 2019
• Creator: Grinin, Leonid
• Contributor: Grinin, Leonid ; Korotayev, Andrey

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-67944-9
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 25.03.2025, 1:55 PM CET