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Alexander A Friedmann: The Man who Made the Universe Expand

By Eduard A. Tropp, Viktor Ya. Frenkel, Artur D. Chernin, Alexander Dron (Translator), Michael Burov (Translator)
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By Eduard A. Tropp, Viktor Ya. Frenkel, Artur D. Chernin, Alexander Dron (Translator), Michael Burov (Translator)
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Our universe can be described mathematically by a simple model developed in 1922 at Petrograd (St. Petersburg) by Alexander Friedmann (1888-1925). Without the benefit of observational evidence, Friedmann predicted that the whole universe would expand and evolve with time. This astonishing prediction was confirmed seven years later by Edwin Hubble. Its originator, unfortunately didn't live to savor this triumph. This vivid biography of an outstanding scientist sets his life and work against ...

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