Fred Hoyle: A Life in Science - Couverture rigide

Mitton, Simon

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1854109618 ISBN 13 : 9781854109613

Editeur : Aurum Press, 2005

Synopsis

The first astronomer to publicize his subject on radio and television, Sir Fred Hoyle rose to national prominence in the 1950s as a result of his controversial ideas on the origins of the universe. Famous for his work on the thermonuclear reactions inside stars that made possible the beginnings of life, he developed the 'steady state' theory of the universe, soon challenged by the rival 'big bang' theory, which led to a bitter dispute between Hoyle and his rivals - not only fellow scientists but also archaeologists and palaeontologists whose conclusions he had challenged. This is a major scientific biography of one of the greatest, and best-known, scientists of the twentieth century, written in an enjoyable and accessible style.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Simon Mitton is Senior Fellow of St Edmund's College Cambridge and has been, for the past twenty years, astronomy publisher of Cambridge University Press. He knew Hoyle for nearly thirty years and has interviewed many of Hoyle's colleagues and co-workers for this book.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Aurum Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1854109618
• ISBN 13: 9781854109613
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible