The Big Bang-Steady State Controversy: Cosmology in Public and Scientific Forums

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This project examines the development of the science of cosmology in order to contribute to the growing understanding of the dynamics of science popularization, and in the process further undermine the still-prevalent notion of science as Kuhnian problem solving punctuated by periods of revolution. The project looks at the development of the science of cosmology as the result of the interaction of discourse between the big bang cosmologists and steady state cosmologists in three forums or arenas of discussion -- a cosmologist's forum, a physical science forum, and a public or popular science forum.