Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 19

           It’scalledtheHubbleTelescope,sir—I’veneverheardofanyLemaоtreTelescope!

           "Mr.Kohlerisright,"Vittoriasaid,"theideabelongedtoLemaоtre.HubbleonlyconfirmeditbygatheringthehardevidencethatprovedtheBigBangwasscientificallyprobable."

           "Oh,"Langdonsaid,wonderingiftheHubble-fanaticsintheHarvardAstronomyDepartmentevermentionedLemaоtreintheirlectures.

           "WhenLemaоtrefirstproposedtheBigBangTheory,"Vittoriacontinued,"scientistsclaimeditwasutterlyridiculous.Matter,sciencesaid,couldnotbecreatedoutofnothing.So,whenHubbleshockedtheworldbyscientificallyprovingtheBigBangwasaccurate,thechurchclaimedvictory,heraldingthisasproofthattheBiblewasscientificallyaccurate.Thedivinetruth."

           Langdonnodded,focusingintentlynow.

           "Ofcoursescientistsdidnotappreciatehavingtheirdiscoveriesusedbythechurchtopromotereligion,sotheyimmediatelymathematicizedtheBigBangTheory,removedallreligiousovertones,andclaimeditastheirown.Unfortunatelyforscience,however,theirequations,eventoday,haveoneseriousdeficiencythatthechurchlikestopointout."

           Kohlergrunted."Thesingularity."Hespokethewordasifitwerethebaneofhisexistence.

           "Yes,thesingularity,"Vittoriasaid."Theexactmomentofcreation.Timezero."ShelookedatLangdon."Eventoday,sciencecannotgrasptheinitialmomentofcreation.Ourequationsexplaintheearlyuniversequiteeffectively,butaswemovebackintime,approachingtimezero,suddenlyourmathematicsdisintegrates,andeverythingbecomesmeaningless.

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