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Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître (/ l ə ˈ m ɛ t r ə / lə-MET-rə; French: [ʒɔʁʒ ləmɛːtʁ] ⓘ; 17 July 1894 – 20 June 1966) was a Belgian Catholic priest, theoretical physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and professor of physics at the Catholic University of Louvain. [1]
Jun 10, 2012 · This week on Radio 4, we explored the surprising story of the Catholic priest behind Big Bang Theory, the most important scientific theory of our time. Monsignor Georges Lemaître...
Quick Info. Born. 17 July 1894. Charleroi, Belgium. Died. 20 June 1966. Charleroi, Belgium. Summary. Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître was a Belgian mathematician and astronomer who worked on the theory of an expanding universe. View four larger pictures. Biography. Georges Lemaître's parents were Joseph Lemaître and Maguerite Lannoy.
Sep 3, 2024 · Georges Lemaître was a Belgian astronomer and cosmologist who formulated the modern big-bang theory, which holds that the universe began in a cataclysmic explosion of a small, primeval “super-atom.” A civil engineer, Lemaître served as an artillery officer in the Belgian Army during World War I.
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May 25, 2016 · Science for Georges Lemaître was the methodology for understanding the physical cosmos; revealed religion taught truths important for salvation.
Mar 20, 2014 · Georges Lemaître continued to advance science throughout his life. He studied cosmic rays and worked on the three-body problem concerning the motion of three mutually -attracted bodies in space. He died in Louvain, Belgium, in 1966, at the age of 71.
The papers presented in this book examine in detail the historical, cosmological, philosophical and theological issues surrounding the development of the Big Bang theory from its beginnings in the pioneering work of Lemaître through to the modern day.
