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+		   "cell_type": "markdown",
+	   "metadata": {},
+	   "source": [
+       "# Chapter 16: Cosmology"
+	   ]
+	},
+{
+		   "cell_type": "markdown",
+		   "metadata": {},
+		   "source": [
+			"## Example 16.1: Hubbles_law.sce"
+		   ]
+		  },
+  {
+"cell_type": "code",
+	   "execution_count": null,
+	   "metadata": {
+	    "collapsed": true
+	   },
+	   "outputs": [],
+"source": [
+"// Scilab code Ex16.1: Pg 15 (2005)\n",
+"clc; clear;\n",
+"c = 3e+05;   // Velocity of light, km/s\n",
+"v = c/4;    // Recessional velocity, km/s\n",
+"H_0 = 20e-06;    // Hubble's constant, km/s/lightyear\n",
+"// From Hubble's law, v = H_o*R_max, solving for R_max\n",
+"R_max = v/H_0;  // Maximum distance at which Hubble's law applies without relativistic correction, lightyears\n",
+"printf('\nThe maximum distance at which Hubbles law applies without relativistic correction = %1.0e ly', R_max);\n",
+"printf('\n');\n",
+"\n",
+"// Result\n",
+"// The maximum distance at which Hubbles law applies without relativistic correction = 4e+09 ly"
+   ]
+   }
+,
+{
+		   "cell_type": "markdown",
+		   "metadata": {},
+		   "source": [
+			"## Example 16.2: Critical_density_of_universe.sce"
+		   ]
+		  },
+  {
+"cell_type": "code",
+	   "execution_count": null,
+	   "metadata": {
+	    "collapsed": true
+	   },
+	   "outputs": [],
+"source": [
+"// Scilab code Ex16.2: Pg 22 (2005)\n",
+"clc; clear;\n",
+"H = 23e-03/(9.46e15);    // Hubble's constant, km/s/ly\n",
+"G = 6.67e-11;      // Gravitational constant, N-m^2/kg^2\n",
+"//  Since H^2 = (8*%pi*G*p_c)/3, solving for p_c\n",
+"p_c = (3*H^2)/(8*%pi*G);    // Critical mass density of universe, kg/m^3\n",
+"printf('\nCritical mass density of universe = %4.2e kg per metre cube', p_c);\n",
+"\n",
+"\n",
+"// Result\n",
+"// Critical mass density of universe = %1.06e-27 kg/m^3"
+   ]
+   }
+],
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