Multiple choice

The nebular hypothesis about the origin of the earth was put forward by _____?

  1. Immanuel

  2. Kant

  3. Kittler Lewis

  4. Laplace

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Laplace is credited with the nebular hypothesis explaining the origin of the Earth and solar system, which proposes that the solar system formed from a rotating nebula of gas and dust. While Kant proposed an earlier version, Laplace's mathematical model (1796) became the most influential formulation of the theory.