If we put in the details, the singularities of the field, viz. the galactic systems and the stars, we find that there is... a tendency, called gravitation, to decrease the mutual distances of these "singularities." At short distances, within the confines of a galactic system, this second tendency is by far the strongest, and the galactic systems retain their size independent of the expansion or contraction of the universe...


Kosmos (1932)

Willem de Sitter Quotes

If we put in the details, the singularities of the field, viz. the galactic systems and the stars, we find that there is... a tendency, called...

If we put in the details, the singularities of the field, viz. the galactic systems and the stars, we find that there is... a tendency, called...

If we put in the details, the singularities of the field, viz. the galactic systems and the stars, we find that there is... a tendency, called...

If we put in the details, the singularities of the field, viz. the galactic systems and the stars, we find that there is... a tendency, called...