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Static Universe Model Abandoned

United States of America · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1931

Albert Einstein1931

Pasadena · Science / Astronomy

Abandons his earlier static cosmological model as expanding-universe observations and relativistic cosmology make a dynamical universe the more credible interpretation.

Names involved

Albert Einstein

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