Ultimate fate of the universe out a theory that has since come to be called the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe. In 1948, Fred Hoyle set out his opposing Steady State theory in which the universe continually expanded but remained statistically unchanged as new matter is constantly created. These two theories were active contenders until the 1965 discovery, by Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, of the cosmic microwave background radiation, a fact that is a straightforward prediction of the Big Bang theory, and one that the original Steady State theory could not account for. As a result, the Big Bang theory
The Whole Shebang: A State-of-the-Universe(s) Report cosmologists to describe the universe conveniently in one mathematical formula, a goal Albert Einstein was trying to achieve in his "unified theory." The book also explains that virtually every society worldwide from ancient Egyptians to Native Americans to dwellers of modern cities have a supposition and hypothesis of the universe, which ultimately influences their thinking consciously and subconsciously. Ferris explains in the beginning of his book the cosmological model as it has arrived to us today from ancient philosophy. He then goes into quantum physics, deep explanations of the Big Bang Theory and that "space" and matter in the Big