Buch, Englisch, Band 395, 201 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 335 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 395, 201 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 335 g
Reihe: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
ISBN: 978-3-642-44220-9
Verlag: Springer
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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Georges Lemaître: A brief introduction to his science, his theology, and his impact.- Georges Lemaître: the Priest who Invented the Big Bang.- “The wildest speculation of all”: Lemaître and the primeval-atom universe.- Lemaître and Hoyle: Contrasting Characters in Science and Religion.- Lemaître, the Big Bang and the Quantum Universe.- Lemaître: Science and Religion.- Aquinas and Contemporary Cosmology: Creation and Beginnings.- Georges Lemaître and Stigler's Law of Eponymy.- Building on the Legacy of Georges Lemaître in Contemporary Cosmology.- Multiple Reasons for a Multiverse.- Multiverses, science, and ultimate causation.- Lemaître’s Prescience: The Beginning and End of the Cosmos.- Modern Cosmology and Anthropic Fine-tuning: Three approaches.- Some Theological Reflections.