A new perspective on Einstein's philosophy of cosmology
Abstract
The recent discovery that Einstein once attempted - and quickly abandoned - a steady-state model of the expanding universe sheds new light on his philosophical journey from static to dynamic cosmologies.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- April 2015
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1504.02873
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1504.02873
- Bibcode:
- 2015arXiv150402873O
- Keywords:
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- Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics;
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Revised book chapter. To be published in 'The Philosophy of Cosmology:Foundations and Perspectives'. Eds J.Silk and J.Barrow (Cambridge University Press)