The Oxford handbook of the history of modern cosmology
Scientific and popular literature on modern cosmology is very extensive; however, scholarly works on the historical development of cosmology are few and scattered. This handbook offers a comprehensive and authoritative account of the history of cosmology from the late nineteenth century to the early...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2019, 2019
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| Series: | Oxford handbooks online / Oxford handbooks online
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| Collection: | Oxford Handbook Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Scientific and popular literature on modern cosmology is very extensive; however, scholarly works on the historical development of cosmology are few and scattered. This handbook offers a comprehensive and authoritative account of the history of cosmology from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century. It provides historical background to what we know about the universe today, including not only the successes but also the many false starts. Big Bang theory features prominently, but so does the defunct steady state theory |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780191861079 |