The Measure of the Universe: A History of Modern CosmologyClarendon Press, 1965 - 436 síður |
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... fact : it is widely supposed that all sciences have a common factual basis simply because it would be nonsense to speak of the con- text of a fact , let alone of a fact changing from context to context . No one doubts his own findings ...
... fact : it is widely supposed that all sciences have a common factual basis simply because it would be nonsense to speak of the con- text of a fact , let alone of a fact changing from context to context . No one doubts his own findings ...
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... fact have the objectivity which was presumably desired . Can it be that the word ' fact ' has been taken in an unusual sense ? To begin with , some would have us believe that facts may imply : the fact that Einstein is a man is said to ...
... fact have the objectivity which was presumably desired . Can it be that the word ' fact ' has been taken in an unusual sense ? To begin with , some would have us believe that facts may imply : the fact that Einstein is a man is said to ...
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... fact which it is meant to describe , having the same structure as the fact itself . Some years later we find Tarski advocating a correspondence theory of truth , but now offering some such definition of ' correspondence with the facts ...
... fact which it is meant to describe , having the same structure as the fact itself . Some years later we find Tarski advocating a correspondence theory of truth , but now offering some such definition of ' correspondence with the facts ...
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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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absolute apparent magnitude appear argument assumption astronomical Bondi chapter clusters concept constant coordinates corresponding Cosmological Principle cosmological theories cosmologists covariant creation curvature density derived distance Eddington Einstein energy equivalent Euclidean Euclidean geometry example expanding universe expansion explained fact field equations finite formula function galactic galaxies geodesics geometry given gravitational field homogeneous Hubble Hubble's Hubble's Law hypothesis ibid idea infinite infinity interpretation isotropy Leibniz Lemaître light line-element Mach's Principle mass Math mathematical matter McCrea McVittie mean metric Milne Milne's motion nebulae Newton's Newtonian non-Euclidean geometry objects observer P. G. Tait parallax particles Phys physical possible problem radial reason regarded relation relativistic cosmology result Riemannian scientific seems sense simple Sitter solution space space-time spatial spectral spherical stars steady-state theories supposed tensor theoretical theory of gravitation Theory of Relativity tion Tolman universe velocity Weyl's Principle Whitehead Whitrow