Sir,

Please can you explain why the moment of creation is referred to as The Big Bang? Surely, as all matter as we know it was compressed to a size smaller than an atom and that sound needs a medium to propogate through this event was neither big nor made a banging noise. Why is it not called "The moment of great repulsion" ?

I believe that this is a more technically accurate name and also that, judging by the girls reaction in the pub on Tuesday, that elements of "The moment of great repulsion" are still in existence today.

Yours,

David Redford