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Google Doodle - Georges Lemaitre

July 23 , 2018 2321 days 895 0
  • Google celebrated the 124th birth anniversary of Belgian astronomer Georges Lemaitre with a doodle.
  • Lemaitre is credited with the Big Bang Theory
  • Big Bang Theory says that the universe originated from a single atom, which he referred to as the Cosmic Egg.
  • He is also believed to be the first to have come up with the theory that the universe is expanding.
Notable honors
  • In 1934, Lemaître received the Francqui Prize, the highest Belgian scientific distinction.
  • In 1953, he was given the inaugural Eddington Medal awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society. 

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