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Original Articles

E. A. Milne, scientific revolutions and the growth of knowledge

Pages 351-363 | Published online: 22 Aug 2006

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  • Vide G. Temple's opinion in the discussion of The Expanding Universe Observatory 1939 62 67 67
  • The foregoing and following are included in Milne E.A. World Structure and the Expansion of the Universe Nature 1932 130 9 10 and are repeated numerous times in his many publications.
  • Milne , E.A. 1932 . World Structure and the Expansion of the Universe . Nature , 130 : 9 – 10 . the Einstein-de Sitter model had just been published.
  • Milne , E.A. 1932 . World Structure and the Expansion of the Universe . Nature , 130 : 9 – 10 . Milne makes continual appeal throughout his writings to ‘very elementary’ considerations and to things happening ‘necessarily’—being deduced from other statements.
  • Milne , E.A. 1933 . World-Structure and the Expansion of the Universe . Zeitschrift für Astrophysik , 6 : 1 – 1 .
  • Milne , E.A. 1933 . World-Structure and the Expansion of the Universe . Zeitschrift für Astrophysik , 6 : 1 – 1 . Cf. Milne, Relativity Gravitation, and World-Structure, Oxford, 1935, pp. 6, 288. This volume is referred to hereafter as ‘WS’.
  • Milne , E.A. 1934 . A Newtonian Expanding Universe . Quart. J. Math. , 5 : 24 – 24 . Cf. Milne and W. H. McCrea, ‘Newtonian Universes and the Curvature of Space’, Ibid., 1934, 5, 73.
  • Milne , E.A. 1936 . On the Foundations of Dynamics . Proc. Roy. Soc. , 154 : 22 – 22 .
  • Milne , E.A. 1936 . ‘The Inverse Square Law of Gravitation’, I, II, III . Proc. Roy. Soc. , 154 : 62 – 62 . 1937, 160, 1, 24.
  • Milne , E.A. 1936 . ‘The Inverse Square Law of Gravitation’, I, II, III . Proc. Roy. Soc. , 154 : 62 – 62 . II.
  • Milne , E.A. 1937 . ‘Kinematics, Dynamics and the Scale of Time’, I, II, III . Proc. Roy. Soc. , 158 : 324 – 324 . 1937, 159, 171, 526.
  • Milne , E.A. 1938 . ‘On the Equations of Electromagnetism’, I, II . Proc. Roy. Soc. , 165 : 313 – 313 . 333; and ‘Rational Electrodynamics’, Phil. Mag. (7th series), 1943, 34, 73, 82, 197, 235, 246.
  • Whitrow , G.J. 1936 . Kinematical Relativity: I. Relatively Stationary Observers; II. Equivalent Observers in Skew Trajectories . Proc. London Math. Soc. , 40 : 418 – 418 . 529.
  • Whitrow , G.J. 1936 . World-Structure and the Sample Principle . Zeit. Astrophys. , 12 : 47 – 47 . 1937, 13, 113.
  • Whitrow , G.J. 1937 . Photons, Energy, and Red-Shifts in the Spectra of Nebulae . Quart. J. Math. , 7 : 271 – 271 .
  • Milne and McCrea . 1934 . Newtonian Universes and the Curvature of Space . Quart. J. Math. , 5 : 24 – 24 .
  • Gilbert , C. 1939 . A Kinematical Description of a Flat Space-Time . Phil. Mag. , 27 : 543 – 543 . (7th series)
  • For additional reasons why a Newtonian theory seemed plausible see my article The Copernican Character of Einsteinian Cosmology Ann. Sci. 1972 29 339 339 in
  • Milne , E.A. 1948 . Kinematic Relativity (KR) Oxford
  • Milne , E.A. 1934 . Some Points in the Philosophy of Physics: Time, Evolution and Creation . Philosophy , 9 : 21 – 21 .
  • Milne , E.A. 1934 . Some Points in the Philosophy of Physics: Time, Evolution and Creation . Philosophy , 9 : 20 – 20 .
  • Milne , E.A. 1934 . Some Points in the Philosophy of Physics: Time, Evolution and Creation . Philosophy , 9 : 27 – 27 .
  • Milne , E.A. 1934 . Some Points in the Philosophy of Physics: Time, Evolution and Creation . Philosophy , 9 : 34 – 34 .
  • Milne . WS 10 – 10 . Modern Cosmology and the Christian Idea of God (MC), Oxford, 1952, p. 27.
  • Milne , E.A. 1943 . The Fundamental Concepts of Natural Philosophy . Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. , 62 : 14 – 14 . reprinted in Milton K. Munitz, Theories of the Universe, New York, 1965.
  • Milne , E.A. WS 286 – 286 .
  • Whitrow , G.J. 1936 . Kinematical Relativity: I. Relatively Stationary Observers; II. Equivalent Observers Skew Trajectories . Proc. London Math. Soc. , 40 : 419 – 419 . and A. G. Walker, ‘On the Formal Comparison of Milne's Kinematical System with the Systems of General Relativity’, Month, Not. R. Astron. Soc., 1935, 95, 264.
  • Robertson , H.P. 1933 . Relativistic Cosmology . Rev. Mod. Phys. , 5 : 62 – 62 . of. G. C. McVittie, ‘Remarks on the Geodesics of Expanding Space-Time’, Month. Not. R. Astron, Soc., 1934, 94, 482.
  • McCrea , W.H. 1935 . ‘Observable Relations in Relativistic Cosmology’, I, II . Zeit. Astrophys. , 9 : 290 – 290 . 1939, 18, 98.
  • Milne , E.A. 1934 . World-Models and World-Picture . Observatory , 57 : 24 – 24 .
  • Milne , E.A. 1945 . The Ageing of Light . Nature , 155 : 234 – 234 . cf. KR, 231, and MC, 105.
  • Milne , E.A. 1946 . On the Spiral Character of the External Galaxies . Month. Not. , 106 : 180 – 180 . and ‘The Equation to the Arm of a Spiral Nebula’, Astrophys. Jour., 1947, 106, 137; see also KR, 230, and MC, 109.
  • Milne , E.A. 1936 . ‘The Inverse Square Law of Gravitation’ I . Proc. Roy. Soc. , 154 : I – I .
  • Walker . 1936 . ‘The Inverse Square Law of Gravitation’ I . Proc. Roy. Soc. , 154 : 263 – 263 .
  • Kretschmann , Erich . 1917 . Über den physikalischen Sinn der Relativitätspostulate, A. Einsteins neue und seine ursprüngliche Relativitätstheorie . Ann. Phys. , 53 : 575 – 575 .
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  • Walker , A.G. 1936 . Kinematical Relativity: I. Relatively Stationary Observers; II. Equivalent Observers Skew Trajectories . Proc. London Math. Soc. , 40 : 419 – 419 . and ‘The Principal of Least Action in Milne's Kinematic Relativity’, Proc. Roy. Soc., 1934, 147, 78.
  • Material on Finsler spaces is very scarce. See the Synge article (and its references) to which Walker refers, and certain texts on general relativity such as Adler Ronald Introduction to General Relativity New York 1965 Introduction
  • Milne , E.A. WS 6 – 6 . and subsequently.
  • Milne , E.A. 1943 . The Fundamental Concepts of Natural Philosophy . Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. , 62 : 14 – 14 . and ‘Address’, Month. Not., 1944, 104, 120.
  • Milne E.A. Kinematic Relativity—A Discussion Observatory 1941 64 11 11 contribution to and MC, 129, with many other citations in between.
  • Milne , E.A. WS 282 – 282 . and subsequently.
  • Milne , E.A. 1937 . On the Origin of the Laws of Nature . Nature , 139 : 998 – 998 .
  • Milne , E.A. 1937 . On the Origin of the Laws of Nature . Nature , 139 : 998 – 998 .
  • Milne , E.A. 1941 . Remarks on the Philosophical Status of Physics . Philosophy , 16 : 1 – 1 . and many times thereafter.
  • Milne , E.A. MC 118f – 118f . 120
  • Milne , E.A. 1943 . The Fundamental Concepts of Natural Philosophy . Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. , 62 : 22 – 22 .
  • Milne , E.A. 1938 . Rational Electrodynamics . Proc. Roy. Soc. , 165 : 313 – 313 . 333
  • Milne , E.A. WS 3 – 3 .
  • Milne , E.A. WS 14 – 14 .
  • Kinematic relativity is treated under the heading of ‘A Flight of Rationalist Fancy in Singh Jagit Great Ideas and Theories of Modern Cosmology New York 1961
  • Milne , E.A. 1947 . Last Testament of a Physicist . Nature , 159 : 487 – 487 .
  • Whitrow , G.J. 1936 . World-Structure and the Sample Principle . Zeit Astrophys. , 12 : 47 – 47 . II, E. A. Milne, ‘Kinematical Relativity’, Jour. Lond. Math. Soc., 1940, 15, 44, 46, 48; (footnote 33), 26; (footnote 49), 132.
  • Cf. Walker Kinematic Relativity—A Discussion Observatory 1941 64 18 18
  • Milne , E.A. 1937 . On the Origin of the Laws of Nature . Nature , 139 : 998 – 998 . and repeatedly thereafter, especially in MC.
  • Milne , E.A. MC 28 – 28 .
  • Milne E.A. Kinematic Relativity: A Reply to Prof. W. Wilson Phil. Mag. 1945 36 134 134 (7th series) (footnote 55), 356; and MC, 70.
  • Milne , E.A. MC Vol. 6–9 , 71 – 71 .
  • Milne , E.A. MC Vol. 6–9 , 9 – 9 . cf. 19.

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