Scientist who coined 'Big Bang' had rejected the theory
On March 28, 1949, British astronomer Fred Hoyle made the first use of the term 'Big Bang' in a cosmological context. Ironically, Hoyle said, "the hypothesis that all matter of the universe was created in one big bang" is "irrational" and outside science. 'Big Bang' was first referred in a research paper title by Stephen Hawking as a space-time singularity.