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Cosmology

Cosmology (from Ancient Greek κόσμος (cosmos) 'the universe, the world' and -λογία (logia) 'study of') is the study of the nature of the universe, the cosmos. The term cosmology was first used in English in 1656 in Thomas Blount's Glossographia, with the meaning of "a speaking of the world". In 1731, German philosopher Christian Wolff used the term…

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Cosmology

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related to Sources · 62
Cosmology → About, Academic Press, American Institute, Anaximander, And, April, BBC, Bragg, California Institute, Charles Kahn, Cosmic Journey, Culture, David, December, Dodelson, Edition, End, Fabian, Figures, Genesis
related to Physical cosmology · 19
Cosmology → Aristarchus, Aristotle, Copernican, Earth, Galileo Galilei, Greek, In, Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica, It, Johannes Kepler, Kepler's, Newton's, Nicolaus Copernicus, Physical, Ptolemaic, Ptolemy, Samos, The, This
related to External links · 18
Cosmology → Astronomy, Astrophysics, Black Holes, California, Choquet-Bruhat, David TongWright, Division, Edward, Frequently Asked Questions, General Relativity, Introduction, ISBN, Lectures, Los Angeles, May, Oxford University Press, University, Yvonne
related to Philosophy · 7
Cosmology → Does, Historically, How, Is, Some, Universe, What
related to Disciplines · 6
Cosmology → Big Bang, Cosmogony, In Diderot's Encyclopédie, Physical, Physics, The
see also · 5
Cosmology → Absolute, CDM, HistoryEarth, Ring, Timeline
is a · 4
Cosmology → body of beliefs based on mythological, branch of physics and astrophysics that deals with the study of the physical origins and evolution of the universe, grand story of discovery, sub-branch of astronomy that is concerned with the universe as a whole
related to Religious or mythological cosmology · 3
Cosmology → Generally, Historically, Religious

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universe physical may 2023 physics study astronomy scientific nasa nature religious cosmological model world space science mythological cosmos retrieved 23

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Cosmologyis abody of beliefs based on mythological0.90text
Cosmologyis asub-branch of astronomy that is concerned with the universe as a whole0.90text
Cosmologyis abranch of physics and astrophysics that deals with the study of the physical origins and evolution of the universe0.90text
Cosmologyis agrand story of discovery0.90text
Willem de Sitterinstance ofGeneral relativity prompted cosmogonists0.80text
Karl Schwarzschildinstance ofGeneral relativity prompted cosmogonists0.80text
and Arthur Eddington to explore its astronomical ramificationsinstance ofGeneral relativity prompted cosmogonists0.80text
which enhanced the ability of astronomers to study very distant objectsinstance ofGeneral relativity prompted cosmogonists0.80text
Heber Curtisinstance ofwith early cosmologists0.80text
Ernst Öpik determining that some nebulae seen in telescopes were separate galaxies far distant from our owninstance ofwith early cosmologists0.80text
Cosmologyrelated to DisciplinesPhysics0.60section
Cosmologyrelated to DisciplinesPhysical0.60section

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