Overview
- Examines in detail the historical, cosmological, philosophical and theological issues surrounding the development of the Big Bang theory from its beginnings in the pioneering work of Lemaître through to the modern day
- Chapters written by renouned cosmologists, philosophers and theologians
- With a foreword by the Astronomer Royal, Martin Rees
- Published under the auspices of the Royal
- Astronomical Society
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 395)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The year 2011 marked the 80th anniversary of Georges Lemaître’s primeval atom model of the universe, forerunner of the modern day Big Bang theory. Prompted by this momentous anniversary the Royal Astronomical Society decided to publish a volume of essays on the life, work and faith of this great cosmologist, who was also a Roman Catholic priest. The papers presented in this book examine in detail the historical, cosmological, philosophical and theological issues surrounding the development of the Big Bang theory from its beginnings in the pioneering work of Lemaître through to the modern day.
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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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Georges Lemaître: Life, Science and Legacy
Editors: Rodney D. Holder, Simon Mitton
Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32254-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-32253-2Published: 12 January 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44220-9Published: 26 June 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-32254-9Published: 13 January 2013
Series ISSN: 0067-0057
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 201
Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics