(From a science quiz that appeared in the weekly magazine The Economist. )Economic history is easier to write than the history of the universe.Nevertheless,most cosmologists now think that when the universe was formed in which of the following manners?
A)First there was a Big Bang,then inflation (of space)caused recession (of all matter,away from the Big Bang).
B)First there was inflation,which caused the Big Bang,then recession.
C)First there was a Big Bang.There has not been any inflation yet,but if it comes it will cause recession.

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This is the currently accepted theory of the formation of the universe, known as the Big Bang Theory. It states that the universe began with a massive explosion (Big Bang), followed by a short period of rapid expansion (inflation) during which space expanded faster than the speed of light, then followed by a more gradual expansion (recession) of matter away from the initial point of the Big Bang.

(From a Science Quiz That Appeared in the Weekly Magazine