{ "metadata": { "name": "", "signature": "sha256:f4f136f0af18cf143b33cec13dfb6a06f3807644fa35b75af1bd5439584b255b" }, "nbformat": 3, "nbformat_minor": 0, "worksheets": [ { "cells": [ { "cell_type": "heading", "level": 1, "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Chapter 16: Cosmology" ] }, { "cell_type": "heading", "level": 2, "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Example 16.1, page no. 15" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "collapsed": false, "input": [ "\n", "#Variable declaration\n", "\n", "c = 3.0 * 10 ** 5 #speed of light (km/s)\n", "H0 = 20 * 10**-6 #(km/s/lightyear)\n", "\n", "#Calculation\n", "\n", "Rmax = c/(4*H0)\n", "\n", "#Result\n", "\n", "print \"The maximum distance at which the Hubble's law applies without relativistic correction is\",round(Rmax/10**9),\"X 10^9 lightyears.\"" ], "language": "python", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "output_type": "stream", "stream": "stdout", "text": [ "The maximum distance at which the Hubble's law applies without relativistic correction is 4.0 X 10^9 lightyears.\n" ] } ], "prompt_number": 2 } ], "metadata": {} } ] }