Futurism - *Fun Fact* The Big Bang theory was first proposed by Georges Lemaître and *not* Edwin Hubble. Lemaitre first published the theory in 1927 but because of translation issues (the original
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Did you know that the Big Bang theory was first proposed by the Belgian priest and physicist Georges Lemaître? | Focus on Belgium
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Religious Scientists: Msgr. Georges Lemaître (1894-1966), Father of the Big Bang - Vatican Observatory
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