Vesto Melvin Slipher is one of the key figures often overlooked in histories of modern cosmology.
Thus far, Dr Penrose's version of cosmology more or less matches the standard version.
Cosmology, in other words, is a mountain of theory built on a molehill of evidence.
The cluster was discovered by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope high in the mountains of Chile.
Kamionkowski compared the Planck map to the Human Genome Project in terms of its importance for cosmology.
Expect Mayan cosmology to take a hit to its reputation when the world doesn't end on Dec. 21, 2012.
In Hindu cosmology, this is the area where Shiva first set foot on earth, where the Ganges River begins.
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Neither the Big Bang, nor the Steady State versions of cosmology account for any but the lightest elements hydrogen and helium.
The West once possessed this, but lost it when the Aristotelianism of Averroes swept aside the Avicennan cosmology in the twelfth century.
His publishing pedigree on the cosmology of his legendary world, Middle-earth began with The Hobbit: or There and Back Again in 1937.
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The ritual links local biodiversity to a complex, symbolic cosmology that connects the different but inseparable domains of society, culture and nature.
The Penrose version of cosmology stands in sharp distinction to received wisdom.
Understanding this surprising observation is the biggest challenge in cosmology today.
Others are more familiar within their specialisms, which range from cosmology to quantum computing, but Mr Milner insists they are no less deserving.
The triumphant bringing together of genetics and cosmology in the final chapter is cleverly handled and provides a satisfying, and only slightly contrived, conclusion.
He saw sunspots, demonstrating that the sun itself was not the perfect orb demanded by the Greek cosmology that had been adopted by the church.
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For whatever reason, though, he began to turn away from cosmology.
Thus, Einstein introduced his cosmological constant as an ad hoc factor in his equations, in order to conform with observational cosmology of the era which called for a static universe.
Having studied for five years under top Chinese professors, he now co-writes learned papers on Eastern medicine in Mandarin, drawing on a deep knowledge of ancient Chinese philosophy and cosmology.
Kepler encouraged Galileo to announce publicly his agreement with the sun-centered cosmology of the Polish astronomer monk Copernik, better known to history by the far less euphonious, Latinized name of Copernicus.
Mr Jackson, a lecturer in physics and cosmology, introduced me to a wealth of fresh historical and forensic evidence that linked the Shroud of Turin to two earlier Shrouds of Christ.
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He led the Supernova Cosmology Project beginning in 1988, and Prof Schmidt and Prof Riess began work in 1994 on a similar project known as the High-z Supernova Search Team.
"It's really quite exciting because we can exchange ideas about it while we're here at the meeting in the same place, " said Greg Madejski of the Kavli Institute of Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology.
Formally called SN SCP-0401, the supernova was something of a chance find in a survey carried out in part by the Supernova Cosmology Project (SCP) using the Hubble space telescope, first undertaken in 2004.
That result in the end sparked a new epoch in cosmology, seeking to understand what is driving the expansion, and Prof Perlmutter is enthusiastic that such fundamental problems have been highlighted by the Nobel committee.
Arash Naraghi, an Iranian academic at Moravian College in Pennsylvania, suggests that the verses decrying homosexuality, like those referring to slavery and Ptolemaic cosmology, stem from common beliefs at the time of writing, and should be re-examined.
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