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Expanding Universe

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

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1922

Alexander Friedmann1922

Petrograd · Science / Astronomy

Friedmann publishes relativistic equations that allow the universe to expand or contract

Names involved

Alexander Friedmann

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