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Beating the odds : the life and times of E.A. Milne / Meg Weston Smith ; foreword by Rober Penrose.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Meg Weston.
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Milne, Edward Arthur, 1896-1950.
- Milne, Edward Arthur.
- Astrophysicists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Astrophysicists.
- Astrophysics.
- Cosmology.
- Religion and science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvii, 282 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Imperial College Press, c2013.
- London : Imperial College Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- E A Milne was one of the giants of 20th century astrophysics and cosmology. His bold ideas, underpinned by his Christianity, sparked controversy - he believed two time scales operate in the universe.Struggling against poverty, Milne won five scholarships to Cambridge, but he never finished his degree. In World War I he was invited to develop Horace Darwin's device for anti-aircraft gunnery and after the Armistice his prowess in ballistics took him straight to a Fellowship at Trinity College, Cambridge. By the age of thirty he was a Manchester professor and a Fellow of the Royal Society. At Oxf
- Contents:
- Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Abbreviations in the Footnotes; Contents; Chapter 1. A Foothold on the Ladder; Chapter 2. The Upheavals of War; Chapter 3. Adventures with Reflections; Chapter 4. The Trials of Trumpets; Chapter 5. Cambridge Rhapsody; Chapter 6. Riding on a Sunbeam; Chapter 7. New Horizons; Chapter 8. A Scientific Wilderness; Chapter 9. Cut and Thrust; Chapter 10. Family versus College; Chapter 11. Cosmic Inspiration; Chapter 12. Oxford's Enlightenment; Chapter 13. The Pendulum and the Atom; Chapter 14. Lifeline
- Chapter 15. Mathematics, Bombs and BureaucracyChapter 16. An Invitation; Chapter 17. A Race Unfinished; Epilogue; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781848169081
- 1848169086
- OCLC:
- 843871713
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