THEORY IDEA PROPONENT BASIS FLAWS

Creationism the religious belief Theodosius the belief that the

that nature, and Dobzhansky (1900– universe and the
aspects such as the 1975) various forms of life
universe, Earth, life, were created by God
and humans, out of nothing.
originated with
supernatural acts of
divine creation
Big Bang Theory  the universe began the Belgian Catholic the Big
as just a single priest Georges Bang hypothesis states
point, then Lemaître in 1927 that all of the current
expanded and and past matter in the
stretched to grow as Universe came into
large as it is right existence at the same
now (and it could still time, roughly 13.8
be stretching).
billion years ago. At
this time, all matter
was compacted into a
very small ball with
infinite density and
intense heat called a
Singularity.
Oscillating Universe a cosmological Albert Einstein The Oscillating
Theory model that combines Universe Theory is a
both the Big Bang cosmological model
and the Big Crunch that combines both
as part of a cyclical the Big Bang and the
event. Big Crunch as part of a
cyclical event. That is,
if this theory holds
true, then
the Universe in which
we live in exists
between a Big Bang
and a Big Crunch.
Steady-State in cosmology, Sir James Jeans (1920)  in cosmology, a view
Universe Theory a view that that the universe is
the universe is always expanding but
always expanding but maintaining a constant
maintaining a constant average density, with
average density, with matter being
matter being continuously created
continuously created to form new stars and
to form new stars and galaxies at the same
 galaxies at the same rate that old ones
rate that old ones become unobservable
become unobservable as a consequence of
as a consequence of their increasing
their increasing distance and velocity
distance and velocity of recession.
of recession.
Inflating Universe proposes a period of Alan Guth, Andrei a repulsive form of
Theory extremely rapid Linde, Paul gravity caused
(exponential) Steinhardt, and the universe to
expansion of Andy Albrecht expand. General
the universe during its relativity from its
first few moments.  inception predicted
the possibility of
repulsive gravity; in
the context of general
relativity you basically
need a material with a
negative pressure to
create repulsive
gravity.

Multiverse Theory a hypothetical group Hugh Everett The different

of multiple universes. universes within the
Together, these multiverse are called
universes comprise "parallel universes",
everything that exists: "other universes",
the entirety of space, "alternate universes",
time, matter, energy, or "many worlds".
information, and the
physical laws and
constants that
describe them.