Who coined the term big bang? When and why? P 67
What was Gold Bondi and Hoyle’s response to the big bang? P 68

Why was it philosophically comforting to agree with them. P 69
Was the steady state theory ever taken seriously? P 71

What is one clear advantage of the steady state theory over the big bang theory? P 72
What did each of the theories say about the age of the cosmos? p 73

What did they say about the abundance of the elements? P 73 
What did Fermi and Turkevich show about the formation of the heavier elements in 1949? P 74

Where did the heavier elements (heavier than Hydrogen and Helium) come from? P 74
What did each of the theories say about the distribution of matter across space and time? P 75

What did each say about the temperature of space? P 75
What is a radio telescope? P 76

What was the first serious threat to the steady state theory? P 76
What was an even more celebrated example of nonuniformity? P 77

What are quasars? P 78
Did Hoyle ever except the big bang theory? P 79

What was the first communication satellite? P 80
Who discovered the Cosmic Background Radiation? When, Where? P 81

At first they thought the signal was a mistake caused by a white dielectric material, what was it? P 81
What is the Cosmic Background Radiation? P 82,83

What does isotropic mean? P 83
What is blackbody radiation? P94

What was the early universe like? P 85