Dark matter and dark energy proposals: Maintaining cosmology as a true science?

EAS Publications Series

Volumn 36, Issue , 2009, Pages 325-336

  Ellis, G F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANTS; DARK ENERGY; DARK MATTER; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; OBSERVED DATA; SPATIAL IN-HOMOGENEITY; TESTABILITY; ZERO VALUES;

COSMOLOGY;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 68149159090     PISSN: 16334760     EISSN: 16381963     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1051/eas/0936048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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