The Perfect Theory (53 page)

Wittgenstein, Ludwig: and incompleteness theorem,
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Woit, Peter: and quantum gravity,
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Wolfe, Arthur: and “Big Bang” theory,
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World War I: British scientists and,
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Einstein and,
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Friedmann in,
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Hubble in,
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Lemaître in,
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Schwarzschild in,
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World War II: beginning of,
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nuclear physics develops in,
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radar development in,
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World Wide Web,
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wormholes: Wheeler and,
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x-ray stars,
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Yerkes Observatory (Chicago),
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Yu, Jer: and evolution of universe,
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Zel'dovich, Yakov: and “Big Bang” theory,
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and black holes,
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and cosmological constant,
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and general relativity,
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and large-scale structure theory,
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and nuclear physics,
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and Sakharov,
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Zermelo, Ernst,
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Zwicky, Fritz,
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and galaxies,
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P
EDRO
G. F
ERREIRA
is a professor of astrophysics at the University of Oxford. An expert in cosmology, the early universe, and general relativity, he writes frequently for trade and academic science publications and comments on television and radio. He lives in Oxford, England.