Published 1984 | Version v1
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Impact of Lemaitre's ideas on modern cosmology

Creators

  • 1. Princeton Univ., NJ (USA). Joseph Henry Labs.

Description

The author recalls some of the history of the discovery of the expansion of the universe. Then he presents an assessment of the present status of some of Lemaitre's main ideas in physical cosmology. (Auth.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
D. Reidel.
Imprint Place
Dordrecht (Netherlands)
ISBN
90-277-1848-2
Imprint Title
The big bang and Georges Lemaitre
Imprint Pagination
442 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 23-30.

Conference

Title
International symposium in honour of Georges Lemaitre fifty years after his initiation of big-bang cosmology.
Dates
10-13 Oct 1983.
Place
Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium).

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
17046273
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT; COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; COSMOLOGY; EXPANSION; GALACTIC EVOLUTION; REVIEWS; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
DOCUMENT TYPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS

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Notes
Imprint:Includes author and subject indexes.