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Fred Hoyle’s Universe

Proceedings of a Conference Celebrating Fred Hoyle’s Extraordinary Contributions to Science 25–26 June 2002 Cardiff University, United Kingdom

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  • © 2003

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  1. Chandra Wickramasinghe

    1. Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

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  2. Geoffrey Burbidge

    1. Centre for Astrophysics and Space Sciences (CASS), University of California — San Diego, La Jolla, USA

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  3. Jayant Narlikar

    1. Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, India

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Table of contents (31 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-1
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  2. Fred Hoyle’s Universe

    1. Fred Hoyle’s Universe

      • Geoffrey Burbidge
      Pages 3-6

  3. Personal Reminiscence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Working with Fred (1942–49)

      • Hermann Bondi
      Pages 9-12

    3. Fred Hoyle and Naval Radar 1941–5

      • Cyril Domb
      Pages 13-22

    4. Fred Hoyle and the Anglo-Australian Telescope

      • Margaret Burbidge
      Pages 23-27

    5. Fred Hoyle and Manchester

      • Rodney D. Davies
      Pages 29-39

    6. Meeting with a Remarkable Man: Sir Fred Hoyle Memorial Conference

      • Randall Meyers
      Pages 41-43

  4. Stellar Structures and Evolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
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    2. Fred’s Contributions to Stellar Evolution

      • Leon Mestel
      Pages 47-57

    3. Fred Hoyle, Red Giants and Beyond

      • John Faulkner
      Pages 59-59

    4. Some Remarks on Solar Neutrinos

      • Douglas Gough
      Pages 61-71

    5. Novae as Thermonuclear Laboratories

      • Donald D. Clayton
      Pages 73-81

    6. The Eddington Mission

      • Ian Roxburgh
      Pages 83-86

    7. Black Hole Binary Dynamics

      • Sverre J. Aarseth
      Pages 87-92

  5. Cosmology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. Numerical Coincidences and ‘Tuning’ in Cosmology

      • Martin J. Rees
      Pages 95-108

    3. Working with Fred on Action at a Distance

      • J. V. Narlikar
      Pages 109-125

    4. Gravity from Spacetime Thermodynamics

      • T. Padmanabhan
      Pages 127-137

    5. A Statistical Evaluation of Anomalous Redshift Claims

      • W. M. Napier
      Pages 139-147
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About this book

This volume contains papers presented at an international conference to celebrate Fred Hoyle's monumental contributions to astronomy, astrophysics and astrobiology and more generally to humanity and culture. The contributed articles highlight the important aspects of his scientific life and show how much of an example and inspiration he has been for over three generations in the 20th century.

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Fred Hoyle’s Universe, edited by C. Wickramasinghe, G. Burbridge and J. Narlikar. ISBN 1-4020-1415-5                                                                                          ‘This book is a joy to have. It is a marvelous tribute to the life and achievements of Fred Hoyle, written by those who knew him first hand, wether as wartime colleagues, research students, or employees.’ (Simon Mitton)  A&G vol. 45, 2004

Editors and Affiliations

  • Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

    Chandra Wickramasinghe

  • Centre for Astrophysics and Space Sciences (CASS), University of California — San Diego, La Jolla, USA

    Geoffrey Burbidge

  • Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, India

    Jayant Narlikar

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fred Hoyle’s Universe

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a Conference Celebrating Fred Hoyle’s Extraordinary Contributions to Science 25–26 June 2002 Cardiff University, United Kingdom

  • Editors: Chandra Wickramasinghe, Geoffrey Burbidge, Jayant Narlikar

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1605-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1415-4Published: 31 October 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6339-7Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-1605-5Published: 18 April 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IV, 328

  • Additional Information: Reprinted from ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE, 285:2

  • Topics: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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