The atom of the universe : the life and work of Georges Lemaitre /

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This biography takes readers from the early childhood to the last days of Georges Lemaitre, the man behind the theory of the primeval atom, now better known as the Big Bang theory. But, who was Georges Lemaitre? He was a clergyman, a genius astronomer, an audacious cosmologist, a computer enthusiast...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lambert, Dominique, 1960- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Ampleman, Luc (Traductor), Van Bibber, Karl A. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Kraków : Copernicus Center Press, 2015.
Temas:
Lemaître, Georges, > 1894-1966.
Lemaître, Georges, > 1894-1966
Mathematicians > Belgium > Biography.
Astronomers > Belgium > Biography.
Astrophysics > History.
Big bang theory > History.
Cosmology > History.
Religion and science.
Religion and Science
Mathématiciens > Belgique > Biographies.
Astronomes > Belgique > Biographies.
Astrophysique > Histoire.
Big bang > Histoire.
Cosmologie > Histoire.
Religion et sciences.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > Astronomy.
Astronomers
Astrophysics
Big bang theory
Cosmology
Mathematicians
Religion and science
Belgium
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From Louvain to Namur
  • The early years: the Jesuits, mathematics adn the mines (1894-1914)
  • The Great War: from student to artilleryman (1914-1919) - The seminarian and relativity (1920-1923)
  • The mathematician who became an astronomer
  • From the expanding universe to the primeval atom hypothesis (1927-1931)
  • The Chinese connection (1927-1950)
  • Arrival on the world scene? (1931-1939)
  • Science and faith: the theory of the two paths (1924-1936)
  • An astronomer starstruck by algebra (1931-1957)
  • From cosmology to calculation: the Stormer problem
  • A time of war (1940-1944)
  • Lemaître the master. A portrait of his pedagogy (1940-1944)
  • From mechanics to calculators and back again (1940-1944)
  • Faith and science: the Un'Ora problem (1951-1952)
  • Monsignor Lemaître (1956-1964)
  • Mundus est fabula. The philosophy of a cosmologist
  • A "pair of Milière" and the "Nim-Pythagoras" fight
  • The last years (1962-1966)
  • Msgr. Georges Lemaître: a star that was without a double (1962-1966)

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