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The modern era of cosmology began nearly one hundred years ago. From the start, the field has engendered controversy, both within and beyond the halls of science. At its root stands Einstein's elegant theory of gravitation, general relativity. Einstein's contemporaries saw in his equations a universe that could evolve over time -- a possibility that Einstein himself initially rejected. Other physicists worried that an evolving universe might sound too much like the biblical account, and urged caution.