perfect cosmological principle

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:cosmology
gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:abandoned discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation
gptkbp:appliesTo universe
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:standard_cosmological_principle
gptkb:Big_Bang_theory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label perfect cosmological principle
gptkbp:implies the universe has no beginning or end in time
the universe looks the same at all times and places on a large scale
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Thomas_Gold
gptkb:Fred_Hoyle
gptkb:Hermann_Bondi
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:steady_state_theory
gptkbp:state the universe is homogeneous and isotropic in space and time
gptkbp:status largely abandoned
gptkbp:yearProposed 1948
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:steady_state_theory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6