Cosmological Constant

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Cosmological Constant

The cosmological constant is an extra term in Einstein's equations of general relativity which physically represents the possibility that there is a density and pressure associated with "empty" space. The inclusion of this vacuum energy term can greatly effect cosmological theories.


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The Physical Constants as Biosignature By James N. Gardner
What is time, and what is the right language to describe change, in a closed system like the universe, which contains all of its observers? By Lee Smolin
Foreword to The Intelligent Universe By Ray Kurzweil

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