Georges Lemaître: Life, Science and Legacy
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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.
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.
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
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Rodney D. Holder
Themen in »Georges Lemaître: Life, Science and Legacy«
Anthropic Fine-tuning History of Cosmology Invention of Big Bang Theory Multiverse Primeval-atom Universe Quantum Universe Science Religion Discussion Scientific Ideas of Georges Lemaître