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Better appreciating the scale of it (Lemaître and de Sitter at the BAAS Centenary)

De Baerdemaeker, Siska and Schneider, Mike D. (2021) Better appreciating the scale of it (Lemaître and de Sitter at the BAAS Centenary). [Preprint]

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Abstract

In September 1931, a panel discussion was convened at Central Hall Westminster on the subject of the 'Evolution of the Universe', at the centenary meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Center stage was what to do about the evolving universe being younger than the stars, evidently a paradox in the relativistic study of the evolving universe, at the time. Here, we discuss two diametrically opposed reactions to the paradox, which were each broadcast at the meeting by Lemaître and de Sitter, respectively. As we argue, that both could be projected to the public as viable reflects an unsettled question at the foundations of the then-nascent discipline: what is the role for considerations of scale in relativistic cosmology?


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Item Type: Preprint
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De Baerdemaeker, Siskasiska.debaerdemaeker@philosophy.su.se
Schneider, Mike D.schneider.michael.d@gmail.com
Additional Information: To appear in HOPOS, in a special issue on 'Building Universe(s)'
Keywords: History of cosmology Timescale problem Lemaître de Sitter
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology
General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science
Depositing User: Ms Siska De Baerdemaeker
Date Deposited: 29 Jun 2021 21:44
Last Modified: 29 Jun 2021 21:44
Item ID: 19250
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology
General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science
Date: 23 April 2021
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/19250

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