Hannes Alfvén

Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén (May 30, 1908; Norrköping,

Alfvén versus the Big Bang

Alfvén and colleagues proposed an alternative cosmological theory to both the Steady State and the Big Bang cosmologies. Alfvén believed the problem with the Big Bang was that astrophysicists tried to extrapolate the origin of the universe from mathematical theories developed on the blackboard. The Big Bang was a myth according to Alfvén. This myth was devised to explain creation according to Alfvén. He confided with close friends that he felt the theory tried to make science compatible with the authoritative religious declaration of creatio ex nihilo or creation out of nothing.

Related Topics:
Cosmological - Steady State - Big Bang - Mathematical theories - Myth

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Alfvén proposed a "plasma universe". This theory is called Plasma cosmology and after receiving a cold reception in the wider scientific community, stated that he thought 'the theory may take time to be accepted by the popular consciousness'.

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