willem de sitter (Meaning)
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willem de sitter (n)
Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934)
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Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934)
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Willem de Sitter, a Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist, is renowned for his contributions to cosmology.
De Sitter's studies on the motions of stars in spiral nebulae led him to develop the concept of cosmic expansion.
In 1917, de Sitter proposed a cosmological model, known as the de Sitter universe, which featured an empty, uniformly expanding universe.
De Sitter's model served as a foundation for Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.
