Arth6831 wrote:
recently i saw a newspaper article alluding to hawkings rejection of big
bang....about 8 yrs ago he was quoted as saying he could buy into many little
bangs, but not one big one

What newspaper and what date?

sounds to me like vindication of hoyle and narlikar.....oscillating universe
with creation events------bangs----at the minima,,,,,,every 200 billion
years....i know there is no support for big bang except in princeton and
nasa......when will they admit they have been lying to american schoolkids for
40 years???
art swanson

Not to bust your bubble, but the big bang is on quite sound observational
footing. We teach to school children that which we can support observationally,
emphasizing that it can change when observations warrant. So, though it is not
etched in stone, it is the only thing that has the track record to support it.