Re: Cosmology( Correction)

[Leigh Palmer <palmer@SFU.CA>]

> I believe that Einstein added the cosmological constant to his equations to
> account for the fact that the universe was not collapsing upon itself
> because of gravity, not because his theory predicted an expanding universe.
> Am I wrong on this point?

Einstein noted that the universe is evidently static, so you are correct
in your interpretation. There is one other possibility, of course, that
the universe was halfway between expanding and contracting, which he did
not consider, perhaps in recognition of the principle of mediocrity.

Leigh