Fred Hoyle's universe / Jane Gregory.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gregory, Jane, 1962- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hoyle, Fred, 1915-2001.

Hoyle, Fred.

Astronomers--Great Britain--Biography.

Astronomers.

Authors, English--20th century--Biography.

Authors, English.

Communication in science--Great Britain.

Communication in science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Fred Hoyle's Universe' draws on confidential government documents, personal correspondence and interviews with Hoyle's friends, colleagues and critics, as well as with Hoyle himself, to bring you the man, the science, and the scandal behind the voice of British astronomy.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Coming to light; 2 Hut no. 2; 3 Into the limelight; 4 New world; 5 Under fire; 6 New Genesis; 7 Eclipsed; 8 Fighting for space; 9 Storm clouds; 10 'Dear Mr Hogg'; 11 His institute; 12 The end of the beginning; 13 The Astronomer Hoyle; 14 The beginning of the end; 15 On the loose; 16 Apocalyptic visions; 17 Evolution on trial; 18 A new cosmology; References; Picture acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-02178-3

0-19-157846-0

1-280-75888-0

0-19-151358-X

1-4294-5987-5

OCLC:

476258192