EPISODE 22: THE PRIMEVAL ATOM

In the 1920s, the work of the brilliant astronomer Edwin Hubble revealed the universe was expanding. But it was a Belgian preist named Georges Lemaitre who concieved of the idea that the universe began in the distant past. Today, we call this idea the big bang theory. SEE CHRIS GRANT SPEAK IN PERSON: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chris-grant-at-the-chehalis-flying-saucer-party-tickets-1429748649699?aff=ebdsoporgprofile EDITED BY: Jilyana Solis REFERENCES: 'Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos' by Dennis Overbye 'Hubble, Humason, and the Big Bang: The Race to Uncover the Expanding Universe' by Ron Voller 'The Preist who Proved Einstein Wrong' by Marcelo Gleiser BigThink.com MUSIC: "Nonstop" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Heavy Heart" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/License "Ossuary 1: A Begining" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/License "Thunder Dreams" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/License