Augustine Pamplany CST

In 1927, he proposed a number of solutions to Einstein’s equations of relativity. It was at a meeting later in 1931, at the British Association in London to discuss the relationship between the physical universe and spirituality, that Lemaître presented his proposal that there must have been an initial point, or a primeval atom, “the Cosmic Egg, exploding at the moment of the creation.” Later he also argued that the recession of matter everywhere would imply that in the distant past it was bound together at an extremely compact state. The radioactive decay of this atom caused the big bang explosion and subsequent formation of galaxies. This view is later called as the big bang theory. Einstein was initially unconvinced about Lemaître’s idea of an expanding universe, commenting to Lemaitre, “Your math is correct, but your physics is abominable.” His theory was widely accepted by 1933 and he became a world-famous scientist. It is assumed that the remarks of Einstein in 1933 that “this is the most beautiful and satisfactory explanation of creation to which I have ever listened” was in direct reference to Lemaître’s theory.