Georges Lemaître

Physics Today ◽  
2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Georges Lemaître

Monsignor Georges Lemaitre

1984 ◽  
pp. 363-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andre Deprit
Keyword(s):  
Georges Lemaître

Georges Lemaitre

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-124
Author(s):  
Daniel Tobin
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Georges Lemaître

Cosmology: The Big Bang and Georges Lemaitre.

Science ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 229 (4714) ◽  
pp. 644-645
Author(s):  
M. DAVIS
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Big Bang ◽  
The Big Bang ◽  
Georges Lemaître

Physics and Cosmology

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helge Kragh
Keyword(s):  
State Theory ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Physical Knowledge ◽  
Theory Of Gravitation ◽  
Physical Cosmology ◽  
Edwin Hubble ◽  
Fundamental Physical ◽  
Georges Lemaître

This article considers the role of physics in transforming cosmology into a research field which relies heavily on fundamental physical knowledge. It begins with an overview of astrophysics and the state of physical cosmology prior to the introduction of relativity, followed by a discussion of Albert Einstein’s application of his new theory of gravitation to cosmology. It then examines the development of a theory about the possibility of an expanding universe, citing the work of such scientists as Edwin Hubble, Alexander Friedmann, Georges Lemaître, and George Gamow; the emergence of the field of nuclear archaeology to account for the origins of the early universe; and the controversy sparked by the steady-state theory. It also describes the discovery of a cosmic microwave background of the kind that Alpher and Herman had predicted in 1948 before concluding with a review of modern cosmological hypotheses such as the idea of ‘multiverse’.

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