BIG BANG THOERY PUZZLING WITH JAMES WEBB REVELATIONS: 3/4: Flashes of Creation: George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and the Great Big Bang Debate, by Paul Halpern
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🗓️ 10 September 2023
⏱️ 17 minutes
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A respected physics professor and author breaks down the great debate over the Big Bang and the continuing quest to understand the fate of the universe. Today, the Big Bang is so entrenched in our understanding of the cosmos that to doubt it would seem crazy. But as Paul Halpern shows in Flashes of Creation, just decades ago its mere mention caused sparks to fly. At the center of the debate were the Russian-American physicist George Gamow and the British astrophysicist Fred Hoyle. Gamow insisted that a fiery explosion explained how the elements of the universe were created. Attacking the idea as half-baked, Hoyle countered that the universe was engaged in a never-ending process of creation. The battle was fierce. In the end, Gamow turned out to be right—mostly—and Hoyle, along with his many achievements, is remembered for giving the theory the silliest possible name: "the Big Bang." Halpern captures the brilliance of both thinkers and reminds us that even those proven wrong have much to teach us about boldness, imagination, and the universe, itselF.
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| 1:16.0 | This is CBS In The World, I'm John Baths. |
| 1:23.0 | We're visiting with Professor Paul Halpern, Professor of Physics at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. |
| 1:28.0 | His new book is Flashes of Creation. |
| 1:31.0 | George Gamoff, Fred Hoyle, and the Great Big Bang Debate. |
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