Resurfaced 1964 VRT video interview of Georges Lema\^itre

On December 31 2022, the Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT), the national public-service broadcaster for the Flemish Community of Belgium, recovered a video recording of a 1964 interview of Georges Lema\^itre. Up until now, that footage was thought to have been lost. This footage rep...

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Main Authors Gontcho, Satya Gontcho A, Eluo, Jean-Baptiste Kikwaya, Gabor, Paul
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 17.01.2023
Subjects
Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics
Physics - Popular Physics
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Summary:On December 31 2022, the Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT), the national public-service broadcaster for the Flemish Community of Belgium, recovered a video recording of a 1964 interview of Georges Lema\^itre. Up until now, that footage was thought to have been lost. This footage represents a unique insight into the views of the physicist often coined as the "father of the Big Bang". The interview was conducted in French and is available online with Flemish subtitles. In an effort to make this treasure broadly available, we provide in this paper some brief context, an English translation of the interview as well as the French transcript for reference.
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2301.07198