lemaitre

• Nome próprio referente ao cosmólogo belga Georges Lemaître, que propôs a teoria do Big Bang sobre a origem do universo (1894-1966).

A proper noun referring to a Belgian cosmologist who proposed the big-bang theory of the origin of the universe (1894-1966).

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1. Belgian cosmologistC1formalscientific

   A Belgian priest, astronomer, and professor of physics who proposed the theory of the expansion of the universe, which later became known as the Big Bang theory.

   Cosmólogo belga

   • Georges Lemaître was the first to propose what we now call the Big Bang theory.
   • Lemaître's work laid the foundation for modern cosmology.
   • The Hubble–Lemaître law is named in part after him.