Modern Cosmology in RetrospectB. Bertotti Cambridge University Press, 25 ต.ค. 1990 - 426 หน้า This volume recounts the development of modern cosmology, in chapters contributed by many of the leading protagonists. Modern cosmology aims to determine the origin, evolution, and ultimate fate of the universe. It is an area of modern science that has engendered fierce debates that have captured public interest. This is an absorbing account of physical and observational cosmology, the great cosmological debates, important observations and the riddle of the dark matter. The enormous controversy surrounding the Big Bang theory is retold in personal recollections from H. Bondi, W. McCrea, and Fred Hoyle. Next are three chapters on the discovery of cosmic radio waves and the contributions made by radio astronomers to current cosmology. The book concludes with a tribute to some of the pioneers of cosmology. This is fascinating reading for astronomers, professional cosmologists, general physicists, historians, philosophers of science and general readers. |
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Cosmology a peculiar science | 3 |
Olbers Paradox in recent times | 33 |
The part played by Machs Principle in the genesis of relativistic | 47 |
The mysterious lore of Large Numbers | 67 |
the transition to the | 97 |
Early inhomogeneous cosmological models in Einsteins theory | 115 |
Early work on bigbang cosmology and the cosmic blackbody | 129 |
a personal | 159 |
U S Observatories | 247 |
Discovery of the cosmic microwave background | 291 |
radio stars and | 309 |
Radio source counts | 331 |
The discovery of quasars | 347 |
Carl Wilhelm Wirtz a pioneer in observational cosmology | 365 |
the | 401 |
Revisiting Fritz Zwicky | 415 |
The cosmological scene 19451952 | 189 |
An assessment of the evidence against the steadystate theory | 221 |
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