Contributions to a British Association Discussion on the Evolution of the Universe.

A. G. Lemaître

DOI:10.1038/128704A0

Corpus ID: 4028196

Contributions to a British Association Discussion on the Evolution of the Universe.

@article{Lematre1931ContributionsTA,
  title={Contributions to a British Association Discussion on the Evolution of the Universe.},
  author={A. G. Lema{\^i}tre},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1931},
  volume={128},
  pages={704-706}
}

A. G. Lemaître
Published 1931
Physics
Nature

I PROPOSE to give some answer to the two questions raised by Sir James Jeans, which so clearly summarise the present state of the problem of the evolution of the universe. I will begin with the second question, because I think that its solution may throw some light on the first one: “Is the universe expanding at about the rate indicated by the spectra of the nebulæ”, the atomic constants not being modified by some artificial change of gauge? I add these words, because it is clear that any… Expand

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