ATV 5 : Georges Lemaître, Monseigneur Big Bang

Date: Tue, Jul 22, 2014 | 06:30 - 06:50 GMT | 08:30 - 08:50 CEST

Replay: Tue, Jul 22, 2014 | 15:00 - 15:20 GMT | 17:00 - 17:20 CEST

Type: ESA TV Exchange

Format: 16:9

With ATV-5 George Lemaitre soon to be launched to the ISS from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, ESA pays tribute to George Lemaitre, the belgian cleric and professor who was the first the conceive the idea of a big bang.

The name of the man who proposed the prevailing« expansion” theory on the beginning of the universe was proposed by Belgium’s delegation to ESA.

This video explains who was Georges Lemaitre and how he contributed to modern Cosmology.

It includes an interview with Professor Dominique Lambert, Theoretical physics - University of Namur

More information at: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/Fifth_ATV_named_after_Georges_Lemaitre

Preview and download:
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2014/07/ATV-5_Georges_Lemaitre_Monseigneur_Big_Bang

Script:
EbS97096.doc

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