Origin of the Universe

Theological theory

Big Bang TheoryMrs. Johanna FabreLOGOS Academy 2013

The Big Bang theoryIn the beginning… there was nothing”.

Reality: space expandsWhen there are more space between galaxies, they “move” away from each otherAnalogy: dots on an expanding balloon

Jeremiah 10:12 But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

Isaiah 45:12 It is I who made the earth and created mankind upon it. My own hands stretched out the heavens; I marshaled their starry hosts.

• The composition of our sun is just right, the distance of the Earth to the sun is just right, the size of the Earth is just right, the orbit of the Earth is just right, the size of our moon is just right and even the giant planets (Jupiter) are just right for life on Earth…

“Coincidences” in the formation of the Universe

Theological theory

The Big Bang says:

What do I have to believe?• The simple answer to the question is… BOTH!! It is not a question of science seeking to destroy faith, or faith seeking to assert its superiority over science. It is rather that both are legitimate visions of the world.

Let’s have a look to the scientists contribution to the theory…• Albert Einstein's Theory of relativity - 1 Jan 1915Albert Einstein unveils his theory of general relativity in which he proposes that mass warps both time and space, therefore large masses can bend light. Hubble's and Hooker's Telescope - 1 Jan 1918Measured distance and velocities of galaxies. This telescope was the first major telescope to observe space in great detail. This was key to the development of The Big Bang. Alexander Friedmann - 1 Jan 1922He discovered the expanding-universe solution to the general relativity field equations. He basically solved Einsteins theory allowing us to further our discoveries on the universe and The Big Bang. In 1927, Lemaître published in Belgium a virtually unnoticed paper that provided a compelling solution to the equations of General Relativity for the case of an expanding universe. His solution had, in fact, already been derived without his knowledge by the Russian Alexander Friedmann in 1922Hubbles Law - 1 Jan 1929Named after Edwin Hubble which describes how the galaxies appear to be moving away from us at speeds proportional to their distance. It's like the planets are accelerating out away from us. This was key to developing the big bang theory. This observation supports the expansion of the universe and suggests that the universe was once compacted and started somewhere.

• George Gamow -1 Apr 1948Gamow produced an important cosmogony paper with his student Ralph Alpher, which was published as "The Origin of Chemical Elements." This was known as the Alpher-Bethe-Gamow theory, which is measured levels of hydrogen and helium in the universe largely explained by reactions that occurred during the "big bang".Bell Tower discovery - 1 Jan 1965The radiation was acting as a source of excess noise in a radio receiver they were building. They concluded that the radiation was the noise of our once whole universe exploding.

Solar system formation• The Nebular Theory• According to the nebular hypothesis, stars form in massive and

dense clouds of molecular hydrogen—giant molecular clouds (GMC). They are gravitationally unstable, and matter coalesces to smaller denser clumps within, which then proceed to collapse and form stars. Star formation is a complex process, which always produces a gaseous protoplanetary disk around the young star. This may give birth to planets in certain circumstances, which are not well known. Thus the formation of planetary systems is thought to be a natural result of star formation.

• Collision theory• Buffon discussed the origins of the solar system, speculating that

the planets had been created by a comet's collision with the sun.

The Earth’s origin

Big Bang matter

Density location

4.500 million years ago… chemical process: LIFE!

Less meteorite collisions, oceans and igneus rocks

Answer in your notebook:

• The Big Bang Theory explains…

• Elaborate a Gowin V with the most important information

• 1. What I want to know is

2. Theorical

frame

3. Basis

4. Observations

Conclusions

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