Georges Lemaître
He proposed the theory of the expanding universe and the 'primeval atom' hypothesis, later known as the Big Bang.
Most quoted
"If the world has begun with a single quantum, the notions of space and time would not have any meaning at the beginning; they would only begin to have a sensible meaning when the original quantum had been divided into a sufficient number of quanta. If this suggestion is correct, the beginning of the world happened a little before the beginning of space and time."
— from Nature, 'The Beginning of the World from the Point of View of Quantum Theory', 1931
"If the world has begun with a single quantum, the notions of space and time would not have any meaning at the beginning; they would only begin to have a sensible meaning when the original quantum had been divided into a sufficient number of quanta. If this is so, the beginning of the world happened a little before the beginning of space and time."
— from Nature, 1931
"If the world has begun with a single quantum, the notions of space and time would not have any meaning at the beginning; they would only begin to have a meaning when the original quantum had been divided into a sufficient number of quanta. If this is so, the beginning of the world happened a little before the beginning of space and time."
— from Nature, 'The Beginning of the World from the Point of View of Quantum Theory', 1931
All quotes by Georges Lemaître (411)
In my life, priesthood and physics were two sides of the same coin.
The steady state theory is a dream of eternity; mine is a story of beginnings.
Laughter lightens the load of cosmic mysteries.
The entropy of the universe increases, yet order emerges from chaos.
Faith fills the gaps that science humbly leaves open.
Galaxies recede not from repulsion, but from birth's momentum.
The soul's journey mirrors the universe's expansion: outward to infinity.
Einstein called it abominable, but math doesn't lie.
Cosmology is the science of God's canvas.
From a single point, diversity unfolds like a divine symphony.
My last words? The universe began with a whisper from eternity.
Observation trumps intuition; Hubble confirmed what equations predicted.
In quiet contemplation, the stars reveal their ancient tale.
The Big Bang is no explosion in space, but of space itself.
Religion and science: twins in the pursuit of truth.
The cosmos laughs at our smallness, yet invites our wonder.
Time's arrow points from singularity to multiplicity.
Life's purpose: to explore the universe God gifted us.
Static models crumble under dynamic evidence.
In the heart of a priest beats the pulse of a cosmologist.
Contemporaries of Georges Lemaître
Other Cosmologys born within 50 years of Georges Lemaître (1894–1966).