Georges Lemaitre1934
Lemaitre relates the cosmological constant to an energy density of empty space, anticipating the modern vacuum-energy interpretation of dark energy.
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Lemaitre relates the cosmological constant to an energy density of empty space, anticipating the modern vacuum-energy interpretation of dark energy.
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