Home is Where the Wind Blows: Chapters from a Cosmologist's Life - Hardcover

Hoyle, Fred

 
9780935702279: Home is Where the Wind Blows: Chapters from a Cosmologist's Life
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ISBN 10: 093570227X ISBN 13: 9780935702279
Publisher: University Science Books,U.S., 1994

Synopsis

Mathematician, physicist, astronomer and cosmologist, Sir Fred Hoyle is perhaps best known, in scientific circles, for his explanation of the origin of the elements from hydrogen nuclei in stars (a process known as nucleosynthesis) and for developing (with Sir Hermann Bondi and Thomas Gold) the controversial steady-state theory of the Universe (which assumes the continuous creation of matter). In 1950, in the last of a series of radio lectures on astronomy that he delivered on the air for the BBC, Hoyle coined the term "Big Bang" to characterize the competing expanding-Universe theory, which has since become the dominant paradigm. This term has now become a permanent addition to the language of cosmology. In this work, Hoyle offers an account of his life and work.

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About the Author

Sir Fred Hoyle was a lecturer in mathematics (1945-1956) and Plumian professor of astronomy and experimental philosophy (1958-1972) at Cambridge.

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Publisher
University Science Books,U.S.
Publication date
1994
Language
English
ISBN 10 
093570227X
ISBN 13 
9780935702279
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
443

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