Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 19

           "Thebattleoverhowtheuniversecametobe."

           Oh,Langdonthought.Thedebate.

           "TheBible,ofcourse,statesthatGodcreatedtheuniverse,"sheexplained."Godsaid,‘Lettherebelight,’andeverythingweseeappearedoutofavastemptiness.Unfortunately,oneofthefundamentallawsofphysicsstatesthatmattercannotbecreatedoutofnothing."

           Langdonhadreadaboutthisstalemate.TheideathatGodallegedlycreated"somethingfromnothing"wastotallycontrarytoacceptedlawsofmodernphysicsandtherefore,scientistsclaimed,Genesiswasscientificallyabsurd.

           "Mr.Langdon,"Vittoriasaid,turning,"IassumeyouarefamiliarwiththeBigBangTheory?"

           Langdonshrugged."Moreorless."TheBigBang,heknew,wasthescientificallyacceptedmodelforthecreationoftheuniverse.Hedidn’treallyunderstandit,butaccordingtothetheory,asinglepointofintenselyfocusedenergyeruptedinacataclysmicexplosion,expandingoutwardtoformtheuniverse.Orsomethinglikethat.

           Vittoriacontinued."WhentheCatholicChurchfirstproposedtheBigBangTheoryin1927,the—"

           "I’msorry?"Langdoninterrupted,beforehecouldstophimself."YousaytheBigBangwasaCatholicidea?"

           Vittorialookedsurprisedbyhisquestion"Ofcourse.ProposedbyaCatholicmonk,GeorgesLemaоtrein1927."

           "But,Ithought…"hehesitated."Wasn’ttheBigBangproposedbyHarvardastronomerEdwinHubble?"

           Kohlerglowered."Again,Americanscientificarrogance.Hubblepublishedin1929,twoyearsafterLemaоtre."

           Langdonscowled.

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