Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Who coined the term "Big Bang"? (for Big bang theory)

  1. Fred Hoyle

  2. Stephen Hawkings

  3. Albert Einstein

  4. Georges Lemaître
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Explanation

Fred Hoyle coined the term 'Big Bang' during a 1949 radio broadcast as a sarcastic description of the theory he opposed. Ironically, his mocking term became the permanent name for the theory. Georges Lemaître proposed the expanding universe theory (the 'primeval atom' hypothesis), but Hoyle created the famous name we use today.

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