who is.credited with the big bang
Fred Hoyle (and others) proposed a Steady State Theory (indeed, it was good ol' Fred who is credited with creating the term 'Big Bang' - ironically, he meant it disparagingly); it pretty much disappeared once serious study of the cosmic (background) (microwave) (radiation) - CMBR, or CMB, or ... - got under way.
From The Big Bang Theory: The Hamburger Postulate (#1.5) (2007) Sheldon Cooper: [furious that Leslie wrote on his board] I don't come in to your house and touch your board! Leslie Winkle: There are no incorrect equations on my board. Sheldon Cooper: Oh, that is so...