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Varying Gravity - Dirac's Legacy in Cosmology and Geophysics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016) Loot Price: R1,880

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Varying Gravity - Dirac's Legacy in Cosmology and Geophysics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Helge Kragh

Varying Gravity - Dirac's Legacy in Cosmology and Geophysics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

Helge Kragh

Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies, 54

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The main focus of this book is on the interconnection of two unorthodox scientific ideas, the varying-gravity hypothesis and the expanding-earth hypothesis. As such, it provides a fascinating insight into a nearly forgotten chapter in both the history of cosmology and the history of the earth sciences. The hypothesis that the force of gravity decreases over cosmic time was first proposed by Paul Dirac in 1937. In this book the author examines in detail the historical development of Dirac's hypothesis and its consequences for the structure and history of the earth, the most important of which was that the earth must have been smaller in the past.

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Imprint:	Birkhauser Verlag AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Science Networks. Historical Studies, 54
Release date:	February 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Helge Kragh
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	185
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-24377-1
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Cosmology & the universe Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Classical mechanics > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Geophysics Promotions
LSN:	3-319-24377-2
Barcode:	9783319243771