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ISBN: 9780198722892

Publication Year: 2015

Type: Textbook

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Publication Name: Masters of the Universe : Conversations with Cosmologists of the Past

Item Height: 0.8in

Author: Helge Kragh

Item Length: 8.7in

Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Item Width: 6.5in

Item Weight: 18.3 Oz

Number of Pages: 304 Pages

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How did our modern picture of the universe come into being? Masters of the Universe tells this fascinating story in an unusual format that blends factual and fictional elements. It is based on a series of interviews that a fictional person conducted with leading astronomers and physicists between 1913 and 1965. Among the interviewed scientists are giants such as Albert Einstein, Edwin Hubble, and George Gamow, but also scientists who are less well known today or not primarily known as cosmologists such as Karl Schwarzschild, Paul Dirac, and Svante Arrhenius. By following the interviews the reader gets a lively and "almost authentic" impression of the problems that faced this early generation of cosmologists. Although the interviews are purely fictional, a product of the author's imagination, they could have taken place in just the way that is described. They are solidly based on historical facts and, moreover, supplemented with careful annotations and references to the literature. In this way the book bridges the gap between scholarly and popular history of science.

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Publisher

Oxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-10

0198722893

ISBN-13

9780198722892

eBay Product ID (ePID)

202432555

Product Key Features

Author

Helge Kragh

Publication Name

Masters of the Universe : Conversations with Cosmologists of the Past

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Publication Year

2015

Type

Textbook

Number of Pages

304 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length

8.7in

Item Height

0.8in

Item Width

6.5in

Item Weight

18.3 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number

Qb981

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"This interesting work would be a useful addition to college libraries. Recommended."--CHOICE "[A]n enthralling journey not only into fantastic cosmic mysteries but also into the human mind."--Journal of the History of Astronomy, Helge Kragh tells us the history of twentieth-century cosmology in a most lively and accessible form. Through his ingenious recourse to fictional interviews, he succeeds in conveying both the scientific stakes and the human complexity of one of the greatest adventures of mankind., 'This interesting work would be a useful addition to college libraries. Recommended.'CHOICE'[A]n enthralling journey not only into fantastic cosmic mysteries but also into the human mind.'Mario Livio, Journal of the History of Astronomy'Helge Kragh tells us the history of twentieth-century cosmology in a most lively and accessible form. Through his ingenious recourse to fictional interviews, he succeeds in conveying both the scientific stakes and the human complexity of one of the greatest adventures of mankind.'Olivier Darrigol, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique'An ambitious and highly engaging book that is also a very major contribution to the history of modern cosmology.'Robert Smith, University of Alberta'A rich and highly imaginative narrative that uses fictional interviews as the platform for the story, which has a fine historiographical style and is presented with flair. This is an absorbing and different approach to the history of cosmology.'Simon Mitton, University of Cambridge'This is an outstanding book, suitable for the numerous leisure (or pleasure) historians in the astronomy community.'Simon Mitton, The Observatory, "This interesting work would be a useful addition to college libraries. Recommended."--CHOICE"[A]n enthralling journey not only into fantastic cosmic mysteries but also into the human mind."--Journal of the History of Astronomy, "This interesting work would be a useful addition to college libraries. Recommended." --Choice "[A]n enthralling journey not only into fantastic cosmic mysteries but also into the human mind." --Journal of the History of Astronomy

Table of Content

1. Kristian Birkeland: from aurora to the universe2. Svante Arrhenius' eternal cosmos3. Karl Schwarzschild: astronomer and physicist4. Hugo von Seeliger and stellar cosmology5. Albert Einstein's finite universe6. Willem de Sitter and the expanding universe7. George Lemaître's primeval atom8. Arthur Eddington's rationalistic cosmology9. Edwin Hubble, observational cosmologist10. George Gamow: nuclear physics and the early universe11. Fred Hoyle and Hermann Bondi: the steady state theory12. Paul Dirac and the magic of large numbers13. Robert Dicke and the big bang

2014

Topic

Cosmology, Astronomy

Dewey Decimal

523.109

Intended Audience

Scholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition

Illustrated

Yes

Genre

Science

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