The Measure of the Universe: A History of Modern CosmologyClarendon Press, 1965 - 436 síður |
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... mean velocity is small , but where the potentials and mass are infinite . His ' hierarchical molecular world ' need have no centre ( in this respect the model may be contrasted with Borel's ) ; its mean density would tend to zero ...
... mean velocity is small , but where the potentials and mass are infinite . His ' hierarchical molecular world ' need have no centre ( in this respect the model may be contrasted with Borel's ) ; its mean density would tend to zero ...
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... mean distances of the Earth from Moon and Sun respectively ; V / c is the ordinary constant of aberration ; t is the time in Julian years ; Nt is the Earth's mean sidereal motion about the Sun and nt is the corresponding expression for ...
... mean distances of the Earth from Moon and Sun respectively ; V / c is the ordinary constant of aberration ; t is the time in Julian years ; Nt is the Earth's mean sidereal motion about the Sun and nt is the corresponding expression for ...
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... mean , for example , by the assertion " The average density of matter is one galaxy for every n cells ' ? It would be meaningless to speak of averaging over a universe of infinite volume and mass . But if we obtain a value for the mean ...
... mean , for example , by the assertion " The average density of matter is one galaxy for every n cells ' ? It would be meaningless to speak of averaging over a universe of infinite volume and mass . But if we obtain a value for the mean ...
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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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