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Date: 20 Dec 89 01:24:23 GMT
From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!haven!uvaarpa!hudson!astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU!gsh7w@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Greg S. Hennessy)
Subject: Re: Big Bang - no more
In article <4786@newton.praxis.co.uk> macey@praxis.co.uk (Ian Macey) writes:
#I think you'll find the Big Bang theory has been looking pretty shakey for a
#number of years now. I for one would put it down as a nice little theory
#which seemed to work with what we knew at the time, but which almost certainly
#isn't the right answer.
Can you name some points "shakey" with it, or how another theory fixes that?
#His work involves (if I remember correctly) superstring theory and
#steady state universes.
I read "A Brief History of Time" and do remember anything at all about
steady state universes. I will reread it during break.`
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