Scientific View of Creation A common question among people is why are things the way they are? How was our world created? There are many different theories, from a variety of views. In this paper I will discuss the scientific view of the creation theory. The theory that I will be discussing is the Big Bang Theory, this is currently the theory of creation accepted by most scientists as the explanation of the beginning of the universe. The big bang theory suggests that the universe was once extremely compact, dense, and hot. Some uncommon event, a cosmic explosion called the big bang, occurred about 10 billion to 20 billion years ago, and the universe has since been expanding and cooling. The theory is based on mathematical equations, known as the field equations. These equations come from the general theory of relativity, established in 1915 by Albert Einstein. In 1922 a Russian physicist named Alexander Friedmann provided a set of solutions to the field equations. These solutions have served as the basis for a lot of the present day work on the big bang theory. American astronomer Edwin Hubble provided some of the strongest supporting evidence for the Big Bang Theory. In 1929 he discovered that the light of distant galaxies was shifted toward the red end of the spectrum in the Doppler Effect. This proved that the galaxies were moving away from each other. He found that galaxies farther away were moving away faster, showing that the universe is expanding uniformly. However, the universe's initial state was still unknown. In the 1940’s Russian-American physicist, George Gamow, worked out a theory that worked in correlation with Friedmann's solutions in which the universe expanded from a hot, dense state. The actual title “The Big Bang Theory” came in 1950 when British astronomer Fred Hoyle, in support of his own opposing theory referred to Gamow's theory as a mere "big bang," and the nam...
