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How did the Big Bang get its name?
Here’s the real story

Astronomer Fred Hoyle supposedly coined the catchy term to ridicule the theory of the Universe’s origins — 75 years on, it’s time to set the record straight.

by Helge Kragh, a historian of science at the University of Copenhagen, writing for Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00894-z

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How did the Big Bang get its name? Here’s the real story

Astronomer Fred Hoyle supposedly coined the catchy term to ridicule the theory of the Universe’s origins — 75 years on, it’s time to set the record straight.