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De Sitter Universe

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

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1917Date range
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1917

Willem Sitter de1917

Leiden · Science / Cosmology

Develops a relativistic cosmological model with repulsive expansion-like behaviour.

Names involved

Willem Sitter de

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