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100 1 _aHolder, Rodney D.
_eeditor.
245 1 0 _aGeorges Lemaître: Life, Science and Legacy
_h[electronic resource] /
_cedited by Rodney D. Holder, Simon Mitton.
264 1 _aBerlin, Heidelberg :
_bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2012.
300 _aXII, 196 p. 21 illus., 8 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aAstrophysics and Space Science Library,
_x0067-0057 ;
_v395
505 0 _aGeorges 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.
520 _aThe 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.
650 0 _aPhysics.
650 0 _aAstronomy.
650 1 4 _aPhysics.
650 2 4 _aAstronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.
650 2 4 _aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.
700 1 _aMitton, Simon.
_eeditor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9783642322532
830 0 _aAstrophysics and Space Science Library,
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856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32254-9
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