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Closed Universe
Closed Universe Within standard Big Bang cosmology essentially only three futures are available for the physical universe. The universe is either open, which means it will continue to expand at an ever increasing rate; or it is flat, which means it will only expand at a rate just sufficient to... Read more |
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Open Universe
Open Universe Within standard Big Bang cosmology the universe is considered to be "open" if it contains insufficient matter to produce enough gravitational pull to stop its present expansion. In so-called Friedmann type universes (from mathematician Alexander Friedmann's [1888–1925]... Read more |
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Crew Cut
Crew Cut Also known as a G.I., or government issue, haircut, the standard crew cut is a variation on the buzz cut, a regulation haircut given to servicemen in the U.S. military in which the entire head is sheared, typically with an electric razor. In the crew cut a thick bristle of hair less... Read more |
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flatworm
flatworm (platyhelminth) (flat-werm) n. any of the flat-bodied worms, including the flukes and tapeworms. Both these groups contain many parasites of medical importance.... Read more |
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Kathleen Lonsdale
Kathleen Lonsdale Kathleen Lonsdale (1903-1971) was an early pioneer of X-ray crystallography, a field primarily concerned with studying the shapes of organic and inorganic molecules. In 1929, Kathleen Lonsdale was the first to prove experimentally that the hexamethylbenzene crystal, an... Read more |
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Malcolm Drummond
Drummond, Malcolm (1880–1945). British painter, born at Boyne Hill, Berkshire. He read history at Oxford University, 1899–1903, then studied at the Slade School, 1903–7, and under Sickert at Westminster School of Art. Like others in Sickert's circle he was a founder member of... Read more |
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flat foot
flat foot condition of the human foot in which the entire sole rests on the ground when the person is standing. When the foot muscles are weakened or the ligaments are strained and stretched, the arch lowers, so that instead of the natural curved contour, there is flattening of the entire sole.... Read more |
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sternum
sternum (breastbone) Flat, narrow bone extending from the base of the front of the neck to just below the diaphragm in the centre of the chest. The top attaches by ligaments to the collarbones and the centre part joins to the ribs by seven pairs of costal cartilages.... Read more |
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Universe
...developments in astronomy imply a finite universe, as postulated in the Big Bang theory. In 2000 scientists announced that the Universe was flat. See alsocosmology; expanding Universe; steady-state theory |
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Creationism
...might have been created in 4004 bc, the universe, the globe, and the geological strata...indicated an active God who had formed a universe of vastly greater wonder than that resulting from a single flat of creation.It must further be remembered... |
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Friedmann universe
...which expand for ever (open universe), those that eventually collapse (closed universe), and the particular example of the Einstein–de Sitter universe which has a critical density...geometry of space-time in these universes is described by the ... |
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source count
...the evolutionary history of the Universe. It involves counting the numbers...in a given area of sky. If the Universe is flat and the luminosity and space density...and more numerous in the early Universe, and are strong evidence that... |
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Einstein–de Sitter universe
...Sitter universe A type of universe in which the mean density...between a closed Friedmann universe (which collapses) and an open Friedmann universe (which does not). This...in that it is spatially flat (see Curvature of Spacetime... |
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curvature of space-time
...two dimensions, such as a flat rubber sheet, Euclidean geometry...in general relativity. The Universe as a whole may have positive...negative, or zero curvature. A universe with positive curvature would...at the same place. Such a universe is a closed ... |
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Hubble classification
...axes as measured on the sky. No elliptical is known that is flatter than E7. Beyond this a clear disk is apparent in the lenticular...about 2 % of bright or moderately bright galaxies in the nearby Universe. The original, erroneous idea that the sequence might be... |
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New cosmic radiation studies point to flat universe
...erred in believing the earth was flat, but new research involving...correct when it comes to the universe as a whole. When the universe was but an embryo -- 300...the ambient temperature of the universe dropped below 5,000 degrees... |
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Scientists almost certain universe is flat
...cosmologists yesterday showed that the universe is almost certainly flat. One of the great unanswered...former case the shape of the universe follows the familiar mathematical...a "curved" non-Euclidean universe the same rules do not apply... |
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Universe is flat and `will be expanding forever'
...have now demonstrated that the universe is almost certainly flat, which means it is full of...the idea of a non-Euclidean universe in his theory of general relativity...all that we live in a "flat" universe. The findings come from the... |
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UNIVERSE IS FLAT, SCIENTISTS CONCLUDE.(MAIN)
...first detailed images of a ``flat'' universe as it was nearly 15 billion years...first clear images of the embryonic universe,'' said Andrew Lange of the...the best evidence yet for why the universe -- which began as a uniform fireball... |
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BOOMERANG team claim the universe is flat.(News)
...cosmologists yesterday showed that the universe is almost certainly flat. One of the great unanswered...former case, the shape of the universe follows the familiar mathematical...curved'' non-Euclidean universe the same rules do not apply... |
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The Earth is round ..but the universe is FLAT!(News)
...unveiled research showing the universe is almost certainly flat - and will go on expanding forever...the Big Bang that created the universe 15 to 20 billion years ago...precise measurements so far of the universe's geometry. These strongly... |
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Einstein wrong - it's a flat universe.(News)
THE Earth may be round but the universe is flat, scientists declared yesterday...proposed the idea of a "curved" universe in his theory of general relativity...almost certain that the shape of the universe follows the mathematical rules... |
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More evidence of a flat universe.(Brief Article)
...Bang has found evidence that the universe is flat. The experiment, known as MAXIMA...with the explosive birth of the universe. Over billions of years, this...matches predictions for a flat universe--one that has just the right... |
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Cray Supercomputer Used to Confirm Universe is Flat and Will Expand Forever.
...supercomputer was used to confirm that the universe is flat and will expand forever. The Cray...three weeks. "From studying our universe to studying the human genome...answers about the nature of our universe were found in a supercomputer at... |
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CRAY SUPERCOMPUTER USED TO CONFIRM UNIVERSE IS FLAT & WILL EXPAND...
...supercomputer was used to confirm that the universe is flat and will expand forever. The Cray...three weeks. "From studying our universe to studying the human genome...answers about the nature of our universe were found in a supercomputer at... |
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