Screen LibraryThe scientific legacy of Fred Hoyle
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2005. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xv, 249 p.: ill. ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0521824486 |
| Index Number: | P1 |
| CLC: | P1-091.5 |
| Call Number: | P1-091.5/S416 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Fred Hoyle's major work in the context of astronomy and astrophysics today / Wallace L. W. Sargent -- Sir Fred Hoyle and the theory of the synthesis of the elements / David Arnett -- Fred Hoyle: contributions to the theory of galaxy formation / George Efstathiou -- Highlights of Fred Hoyle's work on interstellar matter and star formation / Philip M. Solomon -- Accretion / Sir Hermann Bondi -- From dust to life / Chandra Wickramasinghe -- Worlds without end or beginning / John D. Barrow -- Evolutionary cosmologies: then and now / Malcolm S. Longair -- Alternative ideas in cosmology / Jayant N. Narlikar -- Red Giants: then and now / John Faulkner -- Modern alchemy: Fred Hoyle and element building by neutron capture / E. Margaret Burbidge -- Concluding remarks / Geoffrey Burbidge. |