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Cosmology

Netherlands · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1917Date range
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Chronological records

1917

Willem de Sitter1917

Leiden · Science / Astronomy

De Sitter develops an expanding relativistic cosmological solution without matter, influencing later debate over cosmic expansion

Willem de Sitter1917

Leiden · Science / Astronomy

De Sitter finds a relativistic cosmological solution that later becomes important in expanding universe models

Names involved

Willem de Sitter

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