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Big Bang Astronomer, 86, Dies

Posted by (Melissa Drake) on Wed 29 Aug 2001 - 10:04
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Sir Fred Hoyle, the astronomer who first coined the term "Big Bang", died at 86 this week. Despite popularizing the theory with a catchy name, he was a proponent of the Steady State theory. Besides this, he is best known for his development of the Panspermia Theory, a "life seeded by intergalatic dust or comets" idea.


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