The Measure of the Universe: A History of Modern CosmologyClarendon Press, 1965 - 436 síður |
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... tion of this philosophy . It is somewhat ironical that the notions of aether and field , which were largely developed as a means of removing this flaw , should at last threaten to displace the very mechanistic outlook which it was ...
... tion of this philosophy . It is somewhat ironical that the notions of aether and field , which were largely developed as a means of removing this flaw , should at last threaten to displace the very mechanistic outlook which it was ...
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... tion . Like Laplace , he took a finite velocity for the propagation of gravitation , but unlike Laplace he did not make this his starting - point . Taking the components of any gravitational force in the direction of the axes as ...
... tion . Like Laplace , he took a finite velocity for the propagation of gravitation , but unlike Laplace he did not make this his starting - point . Taking the components of any gravitational force in the direction of the axes as ...
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... tion to Hoyle , others have held that to multiply the occasions of crea- tion ( as did Hoyle ) does not remove his objections . The attitude which this counter - objection reveals is no more warranted than Hoyle's . Both the belief that ...
... tion to Hoyle , others have held that to multiply the occasions of crea- tion ( as did Hoyle ) does not remove his objections . The attitude which this counter - objection reveals is no more warranted than Hoyle's . Both the belief that ...
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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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