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What caused the big bang? What was here before it? These are, of course, not easy questions to answer. Indeed, before the last few years most cosmologists would not have dreamed of tackling them. They seemed outside the realm of science—a topic belonging to religion, or metaphysics. This point of view has recently changed, however. Scientists are now seriously considering such questions—and with some success.
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© 1988 Barry Parker
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Parker, B. (1988). Before the Big Bang. In: Creation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3332-4_11
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