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Old and New Questions in Physics, Cosmology, Philosophy, and Theoretical Biology pp 223–242Cite as

Status and Perspectives of Cosmology

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Two mutually contradictory trends can be discerned in cosmology during the past few decades. On one hand, there has been a huge development, both in quantity and in quality, of cosmological data. On the other hand, there has been a long-lasting stagnation as regards results concerning the fundamental questions of present-day cos mology. For example, the central question posed by the standard cosmological theory, whether the Universe is open or closed, has remained unanswered.

… fundamentally we can know only the infinite.

—Friedrich Engels

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Jaakkola, T. (1983). Status and Perspectives of Cosmology. In: van der Merwe, A. (eds) Old and New Questions in Physics, Cosmology, Philosophy, and Theoretical Biology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8830-2_16

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