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Varying Gravity [electronic resource] : Dirac’s Legacy in Cosmology and Geophysics / by Helge Kragh.

By: Kragh, Helge [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: TextTextSeries: Science Networks. Historical Studies: 54Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2016Edition: 1st ed. 2016.Description: XI, 185 p. 16 illus., 4 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319243795.Subject(s): History of Mathematical Sciences | Cosmology | Geophysics and Environmental PhysicsAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 510.9 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Preface -- 1.Introductory Issues -- 2.Varying Gravity -- 3.The Expanding Earth -- 4.After Plate Tectonics -- Bibliography -- Index.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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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Preface -- 1.Introductory Issues -- 2.Varying Gravity -- 3.The Expanding Earth -- 4.After Plate Tectonics -- Bibliography -- Index.

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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