The Measure of the Universe: A History of Modern CosmologyClarendon Press, 1965 - 436 síður |
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... derived geometrical theorems . This , at first , seemed merely to confirm the majority in their belief that the truths of Euclid were a priori truths , a belief to which Kant lent the weight of his reputation . Gauss was one of the ...
... derived geometrical theorems . This , at first , seemed merely to confirm the majority in their belief that the truths of Euclid were a priori truths , a belief to which Kant lent the weight of his reputation . Gauss was one of the ...
Síða 191
... derived the Lorentz formulae afresh , not being prepared to accept Einstein's ' principle of relativity ' . For the same reason he would not generalize to a principle of general covariance . Like Birkhoff ( and before him ) , Whitehead ...
... derived the Lorentz formulae afresh , not being prepared to accept Einstein's ' principle of relativity ' . For the same reason he would not generalize to a principle of general covariance . Like Birkhoff ( and before him ) , Whitehead ...
Síða 226
... derived for all these quantities has shown a remarkable consistency . The second way draws upon the theory of stellar evolution , a theory which was insufficiently advanced before the post - war period to be of much interest to ...
... derived for all these quantities has shown a remarkable consistency . The second way draws upon the theory of stellar evolution , a theory which was insufficiently advanced before the post - war period to be of much interest to ...
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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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