Georges-Henri Lemaitre was a Belgian Catholic priest and physicist who first proposed what became known as the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe. He studied physics and mathematics after World War I, where he served in the Belgian army. In his 1927 paper, he proposed that the universe began as a single primordial atom which exploded, supporting the findings of Edwin Hubble that the universe is expanding. Lemaitre's theory became the foundation of modern cosmology and earned him numerous honors, including being named the first president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
1. Georges-Henri Lemaitre There were many brains behind the theory of the creation of our universe, but there were very few who actually made the theory come to be what it is today.
2. Many believe that it was Steven Hawkings who brought the theory to being, But the true master mind behind the idea or the father of the big bang, was… It is not entirely true. X
3. Georges-Henri Lemaitre Georges-Henri Lemaitre was born in Charleroi, Belgium on 17 July 1894. Lemaitre studied humanities untill war broke out in Europe in 1914, when he put a hold on his education to volunteer in the Belgian army. He was awarded the Military Cross with palms. After the war he resumed his studies in physics and math and began preparing for his priesthood which he was ordained as as in 1923. In the meantime, he discovered Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Which spark his idea that he wrote of in his paper (Un Univers homogène de masse constante et de rayon croissant rendant compte de la vitesse radiale des nébuleuses extragalactiques )
