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THE theories of Mr. F. Hoyle and Prof. Pascual Jordan have renewed an interest in an important cosmological problem: How and when did the substance of the material universe come into existence ? It may facilitate discussion if the difficulties in the way of the various theories about this are summarized in the simplest possible terms.
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KAPP, R. Development of the Universe. Nature 165, 68 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/165068a0
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