Un univers homogene de masse constante et de rayon croissant rendant compte de la vitesse radiale des nebuleuses extra-galactiques, Georges Lemaitre's 1927 paper in the Annales de la Societe Scientifique de Bruxelles, is the founding scientific paper proposing an expanding universe, later recognized as anticipating the redshift-distance relation usually credited to Hubble two years afterward. Its strength is that it is the original peer reviewed source for the theory itself, in Lemaitre's own hand. Its limit is that it was published in a Belgian scientific society journal with limited circulation outside France and Belgium at the time, which is part of why its priority went largely unrecognized for years, a historical detail rather than a flaw in the paper's own content.
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Georges Lemaitre's 1927 paper in the Annales de la Societe Scientifique de Bruxelles, the top tier reflecting the original peer reviewed source proposing an expanding universe, later recognized as anticipating the redshift-distance relation usually credited to Hubble. Its limit is that it was published in a Belgian society journal with limited circulation at the time, a historical detail rather than a flaw in the paper's own content. NotesGeorges Lemaitre's foundational scientific paper proposing an expanding universe, Annales de la Societe Scientifique de Bruxelles, 1927.
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AuthorGeorges Lemaitre
PublisherAnnales de la Societe Scientifique de Bruxelles
Publication Year1927
Source Typepeer-reviewed article
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This source names Belgium directly: "limited circulation outside France and Belgium at the time, which is part of why its priority went largely unrecognized for years, a historical detail rather than a flaw in the paper's own content."
This source names France directly: "with limited circulation outside France and Belgium at the time, which is part of why its priority went largely unrecognized for years, a historical detail rather than a flaw in the paper's own..."
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