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The natural science of cosmology

Author(s): Peebles, P. James E.

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Abstract: The network of cosmological tests is tight enough now to show that the relativistic Big Bang cosmology is a good approximation to what happened as the universe expanded and cooled through light element production and evolved to the present. We have explained the reasons to reach this conclusion, commented on the varieties of philosophies informing searches for a still better cosmology, and offered an example for further study, the curious tendency of some classes of galaxies to behave as island universes.
Publication Date: 2014
Citation: Peebles, PJE. (2014). The natural science of cosmology. VISHWA MIMANSA: AN INTERPRETATIVE EXPOSITION OF THE UNIVERSE. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GRAVITATION AND COSMOLOGY, 484 (10.1088/1742-6596/484/1/012001
DOI: doi:10.1088/1742-6596/484/1/012001
ISSN: 1742-6588
Type of Material: Conference Article
Journal/Proceeding Title: VISHWA MIMANSA: AN INTERPRETATIVE EXPOSITION OF THE UNIVERSE. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GRAVITATION AND COSMOLOGY
Version: Final published version. This is an open access article.



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