Masters of the Universe

Conversations with Cosmologists of the Past

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

AvHelge Kragh,Aarhus University) Kragh, Helge (Professor of History of Science, Professor of History of Science

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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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Utgivningsdatum2014-11-20
Mått164 x 222 x 21 mm
Vikt518 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor302
FörlagOUP OXFORD
ISBN9780198722892

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After graduation from the University of Copenhagen in physics and chemistry, and a period as a high school teacher, Helge Kragh became Associate Professor at Cornell University, Departments of History and Physics. Since 1990 he has held positions as Curator at the Steno Museum for Science and Medicine, Aarhus University, and as Professor of History of Science at the University of Oslo. In 1997 he was appointed Professor of History of Science and Technology at Aarhus University, Denmark. Kragh is a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters, the International Academy for History of Science, the European Society for History of Science, the European Physical Society, and the European Academy of Science.

1. Kristian Birkeland: from aurora to the universe ; 2. Svante Arrhenius' eternal cosmos ; 3. Karl Schwarzschild: astronomer and physicist ; 4. Hugo von Seeliger and stellar cosmology ; 5. Albert Einstein's finite universe ; 6. Willem de Sitter and the expanding universe ; 7. George Lemaitre's primeval atom ; 8. Arthur Eddington's rationalistic cosmology ; 9. Edwin Hubble, observational cosmologist ; 10. George Gamow: nuclear physics and the early universe ; 11. Fred Hoyle and Hermann Bondi: the steady state theory ; 12. Paul Dirac and the magic of large numbers ; 13. Robert Dicke and the big bang

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