Willem de Sitter Quote

In the "static" universe expansion is impossible, the "empty" universe does expand. Therefore we may be tempted to consider the empty universe as the most likely approximation; and we can proceed to compute the radius of curvature of the universe, supposing it to be of the empty type, from the observed rate of expansion.


Kosmos (1932)


In the static universe expansion is impossible, the empty universe does expand. Therefore we may be tempted to consider the empty universe as the...

In the static universe expansion is impossible, the empty universe does expand. Therefore we may be tempted to consider the empty universe as the...

In the static universe expansion is impossible, the empty universe does expand. Therefore we may be tempted to consider the empty universe as the...

In the static universe expansion is impossible, the empty universe does expand. Therefore we may be tempted to consider the empty universe as the...