<< Cosmo.WebHome %TOC% ---- ---+ History of "Shape of the Universe" _Please add any evidence of earlier usage, or make other appropriate corrections._ This was popularised by Boud Roukema starting in February 2002, to emphasize that both _topology_ and _curvature_ are relevant to the "shape" of the Universe. * thread: https://web.archive.org/web/20020922150911/http://www.astro.uni.torun.pl:80/sympa/shape-univ/2002-02/thrd1.html * 21 Feb 2002: https://web.archive.org/web/20020501062752/http://www.astro.uni.torun.pl:80/sympa/shape-univ/2002-02/msg00000.html * 22 Feb 2002: https://web.archive.org/web/20060929220654/http://www.astro.uni.torun.pl/sympa/shape-univ/2002-02/msg00001.html * 28 Feb 2002: https://web.archive.org/web/20030526223826/http://www.astro.uni.torun.pl/sympa/shape-univ/2002-02/msg00002.html * 4 Oct 2002: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shape_of_the_universe&oldid=335740 Usage that *hides* the topological component of "shape" started later: * 2006 or later by Smoot: https://web.archive.org/web/20070703101525/http://aether.lbl.gov/press.html -- Main.BoudRoukema - 08 Dec 2023
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