The Perfect Theory (48 page)

Institute of Field Physics: DeWitt and,
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inaugural meeting (Chapel Hill, 1957),
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Internal Constitution of the Stars, The
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International Astronomical Union,
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Israel, Werner: and black holes,
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and Einstein centenary,
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Jacobson, Theodore: and quantum gravity,
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Jansky, Karl: “Electrical Disturbances Apparently of Extraterrestrial Origin,”
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Jewish physicists: flee Germany,
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“Jewish physics”: Nazis oppose,
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Jodrell Bank Observatory (Manchester),
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Jordan, Pascual: and gravity,
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Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Physics (Berlin): Einstein heads,
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Kaluza, Theodor: and five-dimensional universe,
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Kennedy assassination (1963),
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Kerr, Roy: and black holes,
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at Center for Relativity,
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solves field equations,
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Khalatnikov, Isaak: and black holes,
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Klein, Oskar: and five-dimensional universe,
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Krasnow, Kirill: and quantum gravity,
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Kurchatov, Yakov,
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cosmological constant

Landau, Lev Davidovich,
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Course of Theoretical Physics,
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and nuclear physics,
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political opinions,
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and quantum physics,
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and stellar energy sources,
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and stellar evolution and decay,
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Large Hadron Collider (LHC): popular fear of,
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large-scale structure theory of universe: and CDM model,
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and concordance model,
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in cosmology,
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dark matter in,
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Efstathiou and,
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galaxies and,
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and inflation model,
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Peebles and,
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Silk and,
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Zel'dovich and,
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Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO)

funding and construction of,
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Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA),
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laser interferometry: GEO600,
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satellite-based,
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and search for gravity waves,
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TAMA,
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Weber and,
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Le Verrier, Urbain: and discovery of Neptune,
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and Mercury,
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Lemaître, Georges,
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“The Beginning of the World From the Point of View of the Quantum Theory,”
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and cosmological constant,
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Eddington and,
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and expanding universe model,
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and field equations,
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as Jesuit,
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promotes general relativity,
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proposes “Big Bang” theory,
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relationship with Einstein,
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in World War I,
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Lenard, Philipp: discovers photoelectric effect,
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rejects general relativity,
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wins Nobel Prize,
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Lifshitz, Evgeny: and black holes,
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and expanding universe model,
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and field equations,
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light: gravity deflects,
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in Newtonian physics,
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particle theory of,
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in quantum physics,
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and redshift effect,
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relationship to mass,
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speed of,
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loop quantum gravity,
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Lovell, Bernard: and radio astronomy,
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and radio sources,
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Lowell Observatory (Flagstaff),
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Lowenthal, Elsa: marriage to Einstein,
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Lucasian Professors of Mathematics (Cambridge): Dirac as,
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Green as,
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Hawking as,
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Newton as,
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Lundmark, Knud: measures distance of nebulae,
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Lynden-Bell, Donald: and black holes,
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Manhattan Project,
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Oppenheimer and,
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Wheeler and,
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Marić, Mileva: Einstein divorces,
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marriage to Einstein,
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mass: relationship to energy,
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relationship to light,
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mathematics: Dirac and,
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Einstein and,
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Gödel and,
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Hilbert and,
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renormalization in,
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matter: distribution of,
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Eddington and clumping of,
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Einstein and distribution of,
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Maximow, Alexander: “Against the Reactionary Einsteinianism in Physics,”
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Maxwell, James Clark,
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and electromagnetism,
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McCarthyism: Einstein and,
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Oppenheimer and,
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Meeting on General Relativity and Cosmology, Third (London, 1965),
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Mercury: Le Verrier and,
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orbit of,
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Milgrom, Mordehai: and gravity,
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and Modified Newtonian Dynamics,
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Milky Way galaxy,
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black hole at center of,
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radio astronomy and,
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as source of gravity waves,
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Mills, Bernard: and radio sources,
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Milne, E. A.: on steady-state theory,
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Minkowski, Hermann,
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Misner, Charles,
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Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND): Bekenstein and,
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and dark matter,
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Milgrom and,
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opposition to,
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Peebles and,
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Mount Wilson Observatory (Pasadena),
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multiverse model of universe: cosmological constant in,
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Ellis on,
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string theory in,
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National Center for Supercomputing Applications,
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Nature of the Universe, The
(radio series),
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Nazis: oppose “Jewish physics,”
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nebulae: Hubble identifies as galaxies,
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Lundmark measures distance of,
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Neptune: Le Verrier and discovery of,
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Nernst, Walther,
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neutron stars,
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See also
pulsars

and general relativity,
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and gravity waves,
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Hulse and,
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Taylor and,
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“New Determination of Molecular Dimensions, A” (Einstein),
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Newman, Ezra: and black holes,
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Newton, Sir Isaac,
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as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics,
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Newtonian physics: in astronomy,
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