Home Is Where the Wind Blows: Chapters from a Cosmologist's Life - Softcover

Hoyle, Fred; Gill, Stanley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 193878779X ISBN 13: 9781938787799

Publisher: University Science Books, 2015

Synopsis

One of this century's most eminent scientist offers a revealing and charming account of his life and work. Mathematician, physicist, astronomer, cosmologist and originator of the term the 'Big Bang'-Sir Fred has always been ready and able to challenge established thinking.
One of this century's most eminent scientist offers a revealing and charming account of his life and work. Mathematician, physicist, astronomer, cosmologist and originator of the term the 'Big Bang'-Sir Fred has always been ready and able to challenge established thinking.

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Review

"I enjoyed reading this book immensely. Read it if you want to know how a first-class scientist actually works and how the scientific establishment should work. None of the pages are dull, and the author's inherent modesty and basic common-sense shine from them all." -- The Times Higher Education Supplement

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Science Books
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 193878779X
• ISBN 13: 9781938787799
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 443