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remains the conceptual framework that is used by cosmologists as the basis
for interpreting observations, even though it contains ingredients that are
counter-intuitive and difficult to comprehend.
So now we have arrived at the end of our journey through space–time,
and find that in spite of the spectacular progress achieved, we should adopt a
humble attitude with respect to our accumulated knowledge. When we look
up at a clear night sky and behold the vast expanse of stars stretching across
the heavens, we surely feel the same sense of awe and insignificance as our
early ancestors. In the intervening millennia, we have learned much, but there
is still much to learn. Not all our questions have been satisfactorily answered,
and the future will surely show some of our current answers to be wrong.
Science, by its nature, is evolutionary, and Homo sapiens is a creature driven
by curiosity. Today’s physicists and cosmologists have left an abundance of
puzzles to occupy the fresh minds and curiosity of succeeding generations.
References
1. Moffat JW (1993) Superluminary Universe: a possible solution to the initial value
problem in cosmology. Int J Mod Phys D 02(03):351–365. https://doi.org/10.
1142/S0218271893000246. Accessed 17 June 2020
2. Oort JH (1932) Bull Astron Inst Neth 6:249
3. Zwicky F (1933) Helv Phys Acta 6:110
4. Milgrom M (1983) A modification of the Newtonian dynamics as a possible
alternative to the hidden mass hypothesis. Astrophys J 270:365–370
5. Epps SD , Hudson MJ (2017) The weak-lensing masses of filaments between
luminous red galaxies. Mon Not R Astron Soc 468(3):2605–2613. https://doi.
org/10.1093/mnras/stx517. Accessed 18 June 2020
6. Hobson MP, Efstathiou GP, Lasenby AN (2006) General relativity: an introduction for physicists. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p 87
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remains the conceptual framework that is used by cosmologists as the basis
for interpreting observations, even though it contains ingredients that are
counter-intuitive and difficult to comprehend.
So now we have arrived at the end of our journey through space–time,
and find that in spite of the spectacular progress achieved, we should adopt a
humble attitude with respect to our accumulated knowledge. When we look
up at a clear night sky and behold the vast expanse of stars stretching across
the heavens, we surely feel the same sense of awe and insignificance as our
early ancestors. In the intervening millennia, we have learned much, but there
is still much to learn. Not all our questions have been satisfactorily answered,
and the future will surely show some of our current answers to be wrong.
Science, by its nature, is evolutionary, and Homo sapiens is a creature driven
by curiosity. Today’s physicists and cosmologists have left an abundance of
puzzles to occupy the fresh minds and curiosity of succeeding generations.
References
1. Moffat JW (1993) Superluminary Universe: a possible solution to the initial value
problem in cosmology. Int J Mod Phys D 02(03):351–365. https://doi.org/10.
1142/S0218271893000246. Accessed 17 June 2020
2. Oort JH (1932) Bull Astron Inst Neth 6:249
3. Zwicky F (1933) Helv Phys Acta 6:110
4. Milgrom M (1983) A modification of the Newtonian dynamics as a possible
alternative to the hidden mass hypothesis. Astrophys J 270:365–370
5. Epps SD , Hudson MJ (2017) The weak-lensing masses of filaments between
luminous red galaxies. Mon Not R Astron Soc 468(3):2605–2613. https://doi.
org/10.1093/mnras/stx517. Accessed 18 June 2020
6. Hobson MP, Efstathiou GP, Lasenby AN (2006) General relativity: an introduction for physicists. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p 87