The Scientific Legacy of Fred Hoyle

Douglas Gough

250 pages, parution le 11/03/2005

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Fred Hoyle was a remarkable scientist, and made an immense contribution to many important problems in astronomy. Several of his obituaries commented that he had made more influence on the course of astrophysics and cosmology in the second half of the twentieth century than any other person.

This book is based on a meeting that was held in Cambridge, where Hoyle was based for three decades, and contains chapters by many of Hoyle's scientific collaborators. Each chapter reviews an aspect of Fred Hoyle's work; many of the subjects he tackled are still areas of hot debate and active research. With contributions by leading astronomers, the book concentrates on Hoyle's scientific legacy, and examines the influence his research has had on others and on advances in astronomy and cosmology. This wide-ranging overview will be valuable to established researchers in astrophysics and cosmology, and also to professional historians of science.

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Fred Hoyle's major work in the context of astronomy and astrphysics today
Sire Fred Hoyle and the theory of the synthesis of the elements
Fred Hoyle: contribution to the theory of galaxy formation
Highligghts of Fred Hoyles's work on interstellar matter and star formation
Accretion
From dust to life
Worlds without end or beginning
Evolutionary cosmologies: then and now
Alternative ideas in cosmology
Red giants: then and now
Modern alchemy: Fred Hoyle and element building by neutron capture
Concluding remarks

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Douglas Gough
Parution	11/03/2005
Nb. de pages	250
Format	17,5 x 25
Couverture	Relié
Poids	690g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521824484
ISBN13	978-0-521-82448-4