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The Scientific Work of Georges Lemaitre

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The scientific interests of Georges Lemaître were rather broad, mainly centered on applied mathematics, mechanics, physics and astronomy.

The bibliography of Lemaître to which the reader is invited to refer is published in the next section.

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Godart, O. (1984). The Scientific Work of Georges Lemaitre. In: Berger, A. (eds) The Big Bang and Georges Lemaître. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6487-7_31

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