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General Relativity and Gravitation pp 215–288Cite as

Relativistic Cosmology: Its Nature, Aims and Problems

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This paper discusses General Relativistic Aspects of Cosmology. Thus it will make only passing reference to astrophysical aspects of cosmology, and such features as GUTS, quantum gravity, etc. (these are covered in depth in recent reviews, e.g. Balian et al., 1980; Gibbons, Hawking and Siklos, 1983; Royal Society 1983).

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Ellis, G.F.R. (1984). Relativistic Cosmology: Its Nature, Aims and Problems. In: Bertotti, B., de Felice, F., Pascolini, A. (eds) General Relativity and Gravitation. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6469-3_14

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