Astronomer Sleuth Solves Mystery of Big Cosmos Discovery

[Jack7]

I love studying the history of science. Father Lemaitre should be to physics what Friar Gregor Mendel is to genetics.


http://www.space.com/13616-universe-expansion-discovery-hubble-lemaitre-mystery.htmlhttp://www.space.com/13616-universe-expansion-discovery-hubble-lemaitre-mystery.html

 

[freyar]

While it's absolutely true that Lemaitre doesn't get enough credit for his work (and I'm often guilty of using traditional nomenclature that doesn't acknowledge him), it's a bit of a stretch to say that he did for physics or even cosmology what Mendel did for genetics. Mendel wrote down the laws of genetics --- the basic concepts, Lemaitre's most important work "just" applied Einstein's laws of general relativity. Nonetheless, a too-often-overlooked scientist.

 

[Jack7]

Yeah, you're right, I really should have used the term Cosmology instead of physics. I was typing fast last night. I thought about that after I went to bed.