Cosmology, VII: Cosmological Contradictions

Physical Attraction

English - August 16, 2021 21:02 - 33 minutes - 25.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 75 ratings
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In this episode, we discuss the ongoing battle throughout the 1930s and 1940s between those who believed in a steady-state Universe, and those who thought it was expanding - and how it took more observations to overcome these cosmological contradictions.