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> They show him in a period of intense rethinking of his cosmological views in the light of Edwin Hubble's recent evidence in favour of an expanding universe, a
by HillaryBriss 8y ago
> They show him in a period of intense rethinking of his cosmological views in the light of Edwin Hubble's recent evidence in favour of an expanding universe, an idea that Einstein had hitherto opposed.
interesting. i had been under the impression that Einstein had initially felt that Hubble's findings confirmed his ideas.
- BigChiefSmokem 8y agoYou are thinking of Arthur Eddington. But yeah Einstein never got fully comfortable with many ideas, even the ones that his work helped to pioneer, like quantum physics and black holes.