Re: Size of the universe question ?


"Mark McIntyre" <markmcintyre@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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golddust wrote:
http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/bigbang.html

The matter was already there, the Big Bang just caused it to expand.

What gets me going, is if the universe *is* a universe, by definition it
must be infinite, surely? So how can it even have a size?

--
Andy Hewitt
<http://web.mac.com/andrewhewitt1/>


I would be interested to know where the 'matter' came from in the first
place. That makes my head hurt :-)

For the answer, and reasons for your head to /really/ hurt, read A Brief
History of Time.


Best I go reading then :-) Thanks
Bob....



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