Cosmology and controversy : the historical development of two theories of the universe

Cosmology and controversy : the historical development of two theories of the universe /

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Between 1920 and 1970, cosmology became a branch of physics. This text examines how the big bang theory drew inspiration from, and eventually triumphed over, rival views, mainly the steady-state theory and its concept of a stationary universe.

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Main Author: Kragh, Helge, 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1999.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Cosmology > History.
SCIENCE / History
Cosmology
Geschichte
Kosmologie
Andromeda galaxy.
Bell Laboratories.
Cavendish Laboratory.
Cepheid method.
Christian belief.
Einstein world model.
Einstein, Albert.
Frederiks, Vsevelod.
George Washington University.
Gödel model.
Haldane-Milne hypothesis.
Hoyle-Narlikar theories.
Jordan, Pascual.
Kaluza-Klein theory.
Lemaître, Georges Édouard.
Mach's principle.
Mount Palomar Observatory.
absolute magnitude.
absorber theory of radiation.
accretion processes.
aesthetic arguments.
annihilation processes.
antimatter.
beginning of the world.
big-bang cosmology.
big-bang universe.
bubble universes.
conservation laws.
creation of matter.
deductive cosmology.
dialectical materialism.
discovery process.
energy conservation.
ether squirt hypothesis.
falsificationism.
fireworks universe.
galaxy formation.
gamma ray test.
hot steady-state model.
ideology.
infinities.
kinematic relativity.
large-number hypothesis.
mass gap problem.
national differences in cosmology.
neutrinos.
observational approach.
parity nonconservation.
philosophical aspects.
polyneutrons.
radiation in universe.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • Cosmology and Controversy
  • CHAPTER ONE Background: From Einstein to Hubble
  • CHAPTER TWO Lemaitre's Fireworks Universe
  • CHAPTER THREE Gamow's Big Bang
  • CHAPTER FOUR The Steady-State Alternative
  • CHAPTER FIVE Creation and Controversy
  • CHAPTER SIX The Universe Observed
  • CHAPTER SEVEN From Controversy to Marginalization
  • CHAPTER EIGHT Epilogue: Dynamics of a Controversy
  • APPENDIX I. A Cosmological Chronology, 1917-1971
  • APPENDIX II. Technical Glossary
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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