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Cosmology between two wars. Einstein's revolution and alternative models of the Universe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2011

Anna Curir
Anna Curir*
Affiliation:
INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, Strada Osservatorio 20, 10025 Pino Torinese, Italy email: curir@oato.inaf.it
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Abstract

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The personality of Edward Milne is examined, deepening the historical period in which his Cosmological theory was produced. Is suggested that Milne's kinematical Cosmology can be regarded as a kind of ‘resistance’ to the scientific revolution deriving from the new Einstein's theory of gravitation. Is investigated the deep philosophical meaning of the metrics on curved manifolds as far as the representation of the universe is concerned, and the importance of the cosmological theories in the epistemology and in the evolution of science is stressed.

Keywords

General relativitycosmologyscientific revolutionsMilne
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S260: The Role of Astronomy in Society and Culture , January 2009 , pp. 189 - 194
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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