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Cosmology from Robertson to Today

MAR 01, 1988
In a retrospective look at a simpler universe of cosmological ideas, a Soviet cosmologist emphasizes the seminal contributions of the American cosmologist H. P. Robertson.
Yakov B. Zel'dovich

The outstanding contributions of H. P. Robertson to cosmology make giving this memorial lecture a great honor for me—a feeling that is enhanced by reading the list of the eminent previous Robertson lecturers.

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Yakov B. Zel'dovich, Institute for Physical Problems, Moscow, USSR.

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Volume 41, Number 3

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