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 | | HOYLE'S STEADY STATE UNIVERSE (1948)In 1925, *Sir Oliver Lidge and, in 1928,*Sir James Jeans had suggested a continuous creation of matter, but it was *Fred Hoyle, *Hermann Bondi, and *Thomas Gold in 1948 who brought it widely to the attention of astronomers. |
 | | Since matter is but a variant form of energy, the First Law of Thermodynamics forbids the formation of matter out of nothing. |
 | | In the past, the elusive hope had always offered itself that even though all the past theories of matter and stellar origins might be in shambles, there was always the possibility that some brilliant mind might yet come up with a solution. |
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