The Measure of the Universe: A History of Modern CosmologyClarendon Press, 1965 - 436 síður |
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... concept of the field associated with such forces might well have been responsible for the more elaborate concept of the so - called ' metrical field ' . Although Einstein made a break with force - theories , we shall find that he can ...
... concept of the field associated with such forces might well have been responsible for the more elaborate concept of the so - called ' metrical field ' . Although Einstein made a break with force - theories , we shall find that he can ...
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... concept as opposed to another ? It seems that we may note at least five desirable features of a satisfactory concept of distance . These , which are listed below , are clearly not independent , nor are they given in any order of pre ...
... concept as opposed to another ? It seems that we may note at least five desirable features of a satisfactory concept of distance . These , which are listed below , are clearly not independent , nor are they given in any order of pre ...
Síða 341
... concept are we to take as fundamental ? ' there are two sorts of feeling . The first is that the laws of cosmology should be made easily understandable , so that we should have no trouble in understanding , say , Hubble's Law . The ...
... concept are we to take as fundamental ? ' there are two sorts of feeling . The first is that the laws of cosmology should be made easily understandable , so that we should have no trouble in understanding , say , Hubble's Law . The ...
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COSMOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH | 16 |
FIELD THEORIES AND THE WISH TO | 24 |
The Le SageThomson explanation of gravitation | 38 |
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The Measure of the Universe: A History of Modern Cosmology John David North Engin sýnishorn í boði - 1965 |
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