Re: Big Bang: How widely accepted?
Carl J Lydick (carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU)
5 Sep 1995 17:32:40 GMT
In article <DEDzEv.8rp@udcf.gla.ac.uk>, Iain Coleman <iain> writes:
=roosen@crash.cts.com (Robert Roosen) wrote:
=> Yes, that is my point exactly. Cosmology as an astronomical
=>subject has pretty well disappeared under the onslaught of the
=>physicists.
=
=Christ, it's like banging your head on a brick wall, isn't it?
=
=How many astronomers have to correct you before you'll change your
=mind? It may have escaped your notice, but every astronomer who's
=contributed to this thread has disagreed with you.
=
=What is your definition of astronomy anyway?
It appears to be observing the stars without ever using any physics. I.e.,
Roosen seems to think that astronomy died with Newton's formulation of the law
of gravity.
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