Georges Lemaître: Life, Science and Legacy (original) (raw)
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Editors:
- Rodney D. Holder
- , St. Edmund's College, The Faraday Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Simon Mitton
- , St. Edmund's College, Fellow and Treasurer, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Examines in detail the historical, cosmological, philosophical and theological issues surrounding the development of the Big Bang theory from its beginnings in the pioneering work of Lemaître through to the modern day
Chapters written by renouned cosmologists, philosophers and theologians
With a foreword by the Astronomer Royal, Martin Rees
Published under the auspices of the Royal
Astronomical Society
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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The year 2011 marked the 80th anniversary of Georges Lemaître’s primeval atom model of the universe, forerunner of the modern day Big Bang theory. Prompted by this momentous anniversary the Royal Astronomical Society decided to publish a volume of essays on the life, work and faith of this great cosmologist, who was also a Roman Catholic priest. The papers presented in this book examine in detail the historical, cosmological, philosophical and theological issues surrounding the development of the Big Bang theory from its beginnings in the pioneering work of Lemaître through to the modern day.
This book offers the best account in English of Lemaître’s life and work. It will be appreciated by professionals and graduate students interested in the history of cosmology.
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
Editors and Affiliations
, St. Edmund's College, The Faraday Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Rodney D. Holder
, St. Edmund's College, Fellow and Treasurer, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Simon Mitton
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- Book Title: Georges Lemaître: Life, Science and Legacy
- Editors: Rodney D. Holder, Simon Mitton
- Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32254-9
- Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
- eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
- Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
- Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-32253-2Published: 12 January 2013
- Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44220-9Published: 26 June 2015
- eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-32254-9Published: 13 January 2013
- Series ISSN: 0067-0057
- Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985
- Edition Number: 1
- Number of Pages: XII, 201
- Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics