The Perfect Theory (45 page)

popular interest in,
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radio astronomy and,
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Rees on,
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Sakharov and,
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Spergel on,
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Turner on,
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at University of Cambridge,
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Cosmos
(TV series),
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Cottingham, Edward,
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Course of Theoretical Physics
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“creation field”: Hoyle and,
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Critical Dialogues in Cosmology (Princeton, 1996),
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Crommelin, Andrew,
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cyclical model of universe,
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Cygnus A: as radio source,
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Cygnus X–1: as black hole,
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dark energy,
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and cosmological constant,
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dark matter,
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CDM model of universe

distribution of,
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Faber and,
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Gallagher and,
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general relativity and,
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in large-scale structure theory,
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Modified Newtonian Dynamics and,
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observational evidence for,
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Peebles and,
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standard model and,
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Davidson, Charles,
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Davis, Marc,
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and cosmological constant,
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and galaxy formation,
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de Sitter, Willem,
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on age of universe,
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and expanding universe model,
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and static universe model,
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de Sitter effect,
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de Vaucouleurs, Gérard: and galaxy superclusters,
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Dead of Night
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Dekel, Avishai: and cosmological constant,
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Deser, Stanley,
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“Detection of Gravity Waves Challenged” (Garwin),
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“Detective Police, The” (Dickens),
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DeWitt, Bryce: background of,
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and black holes,
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and canonical approach to spacetime,
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and gravitons,
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and gravity,
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and Institute of Field Physics,
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and quantum electrodynamics,
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and quantum gravity,
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on string theory,
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Wheeler and,
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DeWitt-Morette, Cécile,
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“Dialectical and Historical Materialism” (Stalin),
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dialectical materialism: general relativity and,
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quantum physics and,
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Dicke, Robert,
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and anthropic principle,
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and “Big Bang” theory,
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and general relativity,
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Dicke, Robert & Philip Peebles: “The Big Bang Cosmology—Enigmas and Nostrums,”
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Dickens, Charles: “The Detective Police,”
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Dirac, Paul,
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background and personality of,
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on field equations,
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and gravity,
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as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics,
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and mathematics,
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and modifications to general relativity,
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and quantum electrodynamics,
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and quantum physics,
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Sciama and,
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and standard model,
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and unified theory,
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wins Nobel Prize,
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Dirac equation,
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Doppler effect,
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Drever, Ronald,
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Duff, Michael: and gravity,
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on string theory,
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Dyson, Frank,
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Dyson, Freeman: on general relativity,
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and Weber,
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Eddington, Sir Arthur,
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academic career,
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and clumping of matter,
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and cosmological constant,
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and expanding universe model,
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The Fundamental Theory,
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The Internal Constitution of the Stars,
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leads Príncipe expedition (1919),
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and Lemaître,
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and nuclear fusion,
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opposes Chandra,
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personality of,
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promotes general relativity,
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rejects “Big Bang” theory,
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rejects black holes,
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rejects gravity waves,
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on Schwarzschild,
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Stars and Atoms,
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and stellar evolution and decay,
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and unified theory,
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“Effect of Wind and Air-Density on the Path of a Projectile, The” (Schwarzschild),
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Efstathiou, George: and cosmological constant,
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“The Cosmological Constant and Cold Dark Matter,”
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and galaxy formation,
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and large-scale structure theory,
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and standard model,
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Ehrenfest, Paul,
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Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH): Einstein as professor at,
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Einstein, Albert: accepts “Big Bang” theory,
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“An Appeal to Europeans,”
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background of,
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as celebrity,
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death of,
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and distribution of matter,
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divorces Marić,
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emigrates to United States,
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and expanding universe model,
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as fellow of Prussian Academy of Sciences,
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and gravity waves,
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Grossmann assists,
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heads Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Physics,
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at Institute for Advanced Study,
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introduces cosmological constant,
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later life,
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marriage to Lowenthal,
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marriage to Marić,
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and mathematics,
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and McCarthyism,
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“A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions” (1905),
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“On the Relativity Principle and the Conclusions Drawn From It” (1907),
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Oppenheimer and,
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and orbital decay,
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performs thought experiments,
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