1999, ISBN: 069100546X

[EAN: 9780691005461], Neubuch, [PU: Princeton University Press, New Jersey], Paperback. For over three millennia, most people could understand the universe only in terms of myth, religion… Plus…

[EAN: 9780691005461], Neubuch, [PU: Princeton University Press, New Jersey], Paperback. For over three millennia, most people could understand the universe only in terms of myth, religion, and philosophy. Between 1920 and 1070, cosmology transformed into a branch of physics. With this remarkably rapid change came a theory that would finally lend empirical support to many long-held beliefs about the origins and development of the entire universe: the theory of the big bang. In this book, Helge Kragh presents the development of scientific cosmology for the first time as a historical event, one that embroiled many famous scientists in a controversy over the very notion of an evolving universe with a beginning in time. In rich detail he 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 of infinite age. In the 1920s, Alexander Friedmann and Georges Lemaitre showed that Einstein's general relativity equations possessed solutions for a universe expanding in time.Kragh follows the story from here, showing how the big-bang theory evolved, from Edwin Hubble's observation that most galaxies are receding from us, to the discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation. Sir Fred Hoyle proposed instead the steady-state theory, a model of dynamic equilibrium involving the continuous creation of matter throughout the universe. Although today it is generally accepted that the universe started some ten billion years ago in a big bang, any readers may not fully realize that this standard view owed much of its formation to the steady-state theory. By exploring the similarities and tensions between the theories , Kragh provides the reader with indispensable background for understanding much of today's commentary about our universe. Cosmology and Controversy presents the development of scientific cosmology for the first time as a historical event, one that embroiled many scientists in a controversy over the very notion of an evolving universe with a beginning in time. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability., Books<

1999, ISBN: 069100546X

[EAN: 9780691005461], Neubuch, [PU: Princeton University Press], KOSMOLOGIE, nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - For over three millennia, most people could un… Plus…

[EAN: 9780691005461], Neubuch, [PU: Princeton University Press], KOSMOLOGIE, nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - For over three millennia, most people could understand the universe only in terms of myth, religion, and philosophy. Between 1920 and 1970, cosmology transformed into a branch of physics. With this remarkably rapid change came a theory that would finally lend empirical support to many long-held beliefs about the origins and development of the entire universe: the theory of the big bang. In this book, Helge Kragh presents the development of scientific cosmology for the first time as a historical event, one that embroiled many famous scientists in a controversy over the very notion of an evolving universe with a beginning in time. In rich detail he 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 of infinite age.In the 1920s, Alexander Friedmann and Georges Lemaître showed that Einstein's general relativity equations possessed solutions for a universe expanding in time. Kragh follows the story from here, showing how the big-bang theory evolved, from Edwin Hubble's observation that most galaxies are receding from us, to the discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation. Sir Fred Hoyle proposed instead the steady-state theory, a model of dynamic equilibrium involving the continuous creation of matter throughout the universe. Although today it is generally accepted that the universe started some ten billion years ago in a big bang, many readers may not fully realize that this standard view owed much of its formation to the steady-state theory. By exploring the similarities and tensions between the theories, Kragh provides the reader with indispensable background for understanding much of today's commentary about our universe., Books<

1999, ISBN: 9780691005461

Princeton University Press, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Revised ed. 516 Seiten, Publiziert: 1999-03-14T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 9780691005461, 0.71 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2287… Plus…

Princeton University Press, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Revised ed. 516 Seiten, Publiziert: 1999-03-14T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 9780691005461, 0.71 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2287213, Physik, Naturwissenschaften & Technik, Kategorien, Bücher, Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Politik & Geschichte, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Featured Categories, Englische Bücher, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_2301, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_4901, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_0, Special Features Stores, Taschenbücher, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_4201, Princeton University Press, 1999<

ISBN: 9780691005461

Paperback / softback. New. Presents the development of scientific cosmology as a historical event, one that embroiled many scientists in a controversy over the very notion of an evolving… Plus…

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ISBN: 9780691005461

Princeton Univ Pr, 1999. Paperback. New. 500 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches., Princeton Univ Pr, 1999, 6