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Letters from Einstein to de Sitter on the nature of the Universe - Nature

  • ️Kahn, Franz
  • ️Thu Oct 09 1975
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  • Published: 09 October 1975

Nature volume 257, pages 451–454 (1975)Cite this article

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The correspondence between Einstein and de Sitter during 1916 and 1918, recently discovered in the archives of the Sterrewacht at Leiden provides a fascinating glimpse of the thinking of the two principal progenitors of modern cosmology.

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  1. Carla Kahn & Franz Kahn

    Present address: Astronomy Department, The University, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK

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Kahn, C., Kahn, F. Letters from Einstein to de Sitter on the nature of the Universe. Nature 257, 451–454 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/257451a0

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  • Issue Date: 09 October 1975

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/257451a0