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Today, the consensus among scientists, astronomers and cosmologists is that the Universe as we know it was created in a massive explosion that not only created the majority of matter, but the physical laws that govern our ever-expanding cosmos. This is known as The Big Bang Theory.
There are a number of reasons that these misconceptions persist in the public mind. First and foremost, the term Big Bang was originally coined in 1950 by Sir Fred Hoyle, a staunch opponent of the theory. He was a proponent of the competing Steady State model and had a very low opinion of the idea of an expanding universe. Another source of confusion is the oft repeated expression primeval atom.