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most citedRedshifts versus paradigm shifts; against renaming Hubble's Law

15 citations · 21 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.GA2026

Here Be SDRAGNs - Spiral Galaxies Hosting Large Double Radio Sources

Jean Tate, William C. Keel, Michael O'Keeffe +16

We present a sample of large double radio sources hosted by spiral galaxies (Spiral Double Radio Active Galactic Nuclei, SDRAGNs). Candidates were selected during Radio Galaxy Zoo,…

physics.hist-ph2020★ 6 cited

Historical and philosophical reflections on the Einstein-de Sitter model

Cormac O'Raifeartaigh, Michael O'Keeffe, Simon Mitton

We present some historical and philosophical reflections on the paper "On the Relation Between the Expansion and the Mean Density of the Universe", published by Albert Einstein and…

physics.hist-ph2019★ 15 cited

Redshifts versus paradigm shifts; against renaming Hubble's Law

Cormac O'Raifeartaigh, Michael O'Keeffe

We consider the proposal by many scholars and by the International Astronomical Union to rename Hubble's law as the Hubble-Lemaitre law. We find the renaming questionable on histor…

physics.hist-ph2017

One Hundred Years of the Cosmological Constant: from 'Superfluous Stunt' to Dark Energy

Cormac O'Raifeartaigh, Michael O'Keeffe, Werner Nahm +1

We present a centennial review of the history of the term known as the cosmological constant. First introduced to the general theory of relativity by Einstein in 1917 in order to d…

physics.hist-ph2017

Einstein's 1917 Static Model of the Universe: A Centennial Review

Cormac O'Raifeartaigh, Michael O'Keeffe, Werner Nahm +1

We present a historical review of Einstein's 1917 paper 'Cosmological Considerations in the General Theory of Relativity' to mark the centenary of a key work that set the foundatio…