and mathematician noted primarily for his contribution to the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis
and his often controversial stance on other cosmological
and scientific matters—in particular his rejection of the "Big Bang
" theory, a term originally coined by him as a jocular, perhaps disparaging, name for the theory which was the main rival to his own.
"Big Bang" theory
Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards.
A junkyard contains all the bits and pieces of a Boeing 747, dismembered and in disarray. A whirlwind happens to blow through the yard. What is the chance that after its passage a fully assembled 747, ready to fly, will be found standing there? So small as to be negligible, even if a tornado were to blow through enough junkyards to fill the whole Universe.
When I was young, the old regarded me as an outrageous young fellow, and now that I'm old the young regard me as an outrageous old fellow.
There is a coherent plan to the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for.