“Philosophy of Space and Expanding Universe in G. J. Whitrow”
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Alexander Friedmann
Alexander Alexandrovich Friedmann was a Russian and Soviet physicist and mathematician. He originated the pioneering theory that the universe is expanding, governed by a set of equations he developed known as the Friedmann equations.
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science · Russian and Soviet physicist and mathematician (1888–1925) · mathematician · physicist · meteorologist · scientist · also Alexander Friedmann, Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, Alexander Alexandrovich Friedmann, Friedmann, Alexandr Alexandrovich Friedmann
Born 16 June 1888 · Died 16 September 1925 · Q205981
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1929· 1 entry
Hubble published the redshift vs distance relationship showing that all the galaxies in the neighborhood recede at a rate proportional to their distance, formalizing an observation made earlier by Carl Wilhelm Wirtz
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1927· 1 entry
Belgian astronomer Georges Lemaître independently formulated a theorem of an evolving Universe
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1925· 2 entries
Died 1925-09-16.
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Career landmark: director (1925).
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1923· 1 entry
Career landmark: editor-in-chief (1923).
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1922· 1 entry
Introduced the idea of an expanding universe that contained moving matter
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1920· 1 entry
Career landmark: adjunct professor (1920).
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1919· 2 entries
Career landmark: prorector (1919–1920).
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Career landmark: dean (1919–1919).
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1918· 1 entry
Career landmark: professor (1918–1920).
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1911· 1 entry
Married Ekaterina Dorofeeva, though they later divorced
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1910· 2 entries
And became a lecturer at Saint Petersburg Mining Institute
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Studied at Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University (1906–1910).
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1906· 1 entry
Studied at The Second Saint Petersburg Gymnasium (1897–1906).
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1888· 1 entry
Born 1888-06-16.
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