The Oxford Handbook of the History of Modern Cosmology

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Helge Kragh (Emeritus Professor, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Malcolm Longair (Director of Development and Outreach, Jacksonian Professor Emeritus of Natural Philosophy, Cavendish Laboratory)

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Modern Cosmology

Helge Kragh (Emeritus Professor, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Malcolm Longair (Director of Development and Outreach, Jacksonian Professor Emeritus of Natural Philosophy, Cavendish Laboratory)

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Oxford University Press
04 April 2019

History of science; Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods; Cosmology & the universe; Astrophysics

Series: Oxford Handbooks

We live in a rapidly expanding universe originating some 14 billion years ago. How did astronomers and physicists arrive at this stunning picture of the universe as a whole? The Oxford Handbook of the History of Modern Cosmology offers a comprehensive and authoritative answer in 13 chapters. It describes in detail discoveries such as the expansion of the universe, the Big Bang theory and the cosmic background radiation. But history is more than a string

of successes. The book also pays attention to the many erroneous ideas of the past, from Einstein's static universe to Fred Hoyle's belief in a steady state universe with no beginning in time. Moreover, it

includes sections on some of the modern and still controversial theories, such as the idea of many universes known as the multiverse hypothesis.

Edited by: Helge Kragh (Emeritus Professor Niels Bohr Institute University of Copenhagen Denmark), Malcolm Longair (Director of Development and Outreach, Jacksonian Professor Emeritus of Natural Philosophy, Cavendish Laboratory)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 253mm, Width: 181mm, Spine: 37mm
Weight: 1.378kg
ISBN: 9780198817666
ISBN 10: 0198817665
Series: Oxford Handbooks
Pages: 640
Publication Date: 04 April 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Helge Kragh: Cosmological theories before and without Einstein 2: Robert W. Smith: Observations and the universe 3: Matteo Realdi: Relativistic models and the expanding universe 4: Helge Kragh: Alternative cosmological theories 5: Helge Kragh: Steady state theory and the cosmological controversy 6: Malcolm Longair: Observational and astrophysical cosmology: 1940 to 1980 7: Malcolm Longair: Relativistic astrophysics and cosmology 8: Bruce Partridge: The cosmic microwave background: From discovery to precision cosmology 9: Silvia de Bianchi: Space science and technological progress: Testing theories of relativistic gravity and cosmology during the Cold War 10: Malcolm Longair: Observational and astrophysical cosmology: 1980 to 2018 11: Malcolm Longair and Chris Smeenk: Inflation, dark matter, and dark energy 12: Milan M. Cirkovic: Stranger things: Multiverse, string theory, physical eschatology 13: Chris Smeenk: Philosophical aspects of cosmology

Helge Kragh gained doctoral degrees in physics (1981) and in philosophy (2007). He was a high school teacher in physics and chemistry (1970-87), and then later a professor of history of science at Cornell University, USA; University of Oslo, Norway; and University of Aarhus, Denmark (1987-2015). After retiring, he is now emeritus professor at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Malcolm Longair is Director of Development and Outreach, Jacksonian Professor Emeritus of Natural Philosophy at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK. He also holds the position of Editor-in-Chief of the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society (2016-2020). Longair has previously held positions as a university lecturer in the Department of Physics, University of Cambridge (1970--80); Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Regius Professor of Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Director of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh (1980-90); Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Cambridge (1991--2008); andHead of Cavendish Laboratory (1997--2005).