The Measure of the Universe: A History of Modern CosmologyClarendon Press, 1965 - 436 síður |
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... covariant with respect to any sub- stitutions whatever ( generally covariant ) . This is clearly a sufficient condition of the Principle of General Rela- tivity ( which simply deals with the relative motion of three - dimensional 17 ...
... covariant with respect to any sub- stitutions whatever ( generally covariant ) . This is clearly a sufficient condition of the Principle of General Rela- tivity ( which simply deals with the relative motion of three - dimensional 17 ...
Síða 58
... covariant can generally be made so . In 1901 C. G. Ricci and Tullio Levi - Civita demonstrated a theorem21 which can be interpreted for our purposes as follows : from almost any law , covariant or not , it is possible to derive a law ...
... covariant can generally be made so . In 1901 C. G. Ricci and Tullio Levi - Civita demonstrated a theorem21 which can be interpreted for our purposes as follows : from almost any law , covariant or not , it is possible to derive a law ...
Síða 218
... covariant formulation of the law of the ' creation process ' was adopted . Hoyle insisted on its being recognized that the non - covariance applied locally only to the creation properties : ' Once matter has been created the full ...
... covariant formulation of the law of the ' creation process ' was adopted . Hoyle insisted on its being recognized that the non - covariance applied locally only to the creation properties : ' Once matter has been created the full ...
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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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