Cosmology and controversy : the historical development of two theories of the universe /
Between 1920 and 1970, cosmology became a branch of physics. This text examines how the big bang theory drew inspiration from, and eventually triumphed over, rival views, mainly the steady-state theory and its concept of a stationary universe.
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Language: | English |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
1999.
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