Taking the Back off the Watch

A Personal Memoir

AvThomas Gold,Simon Mitton

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Gold’s interests covered physiology, astronomy, cosmology, geophysics, and engineering.Written in an intriguing style and with an equally intriguing foreword by Freeman Dyson, this book constitutes an important historical document, made accessible to all those interested in the history of science.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-05-24
Mått:155 x 235 x 22 mm
Vikt:544 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Astrophysics and Space Science Library
Antal sidor:234
Förlag:Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
ISBN:9783642275876

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"Gold discusses cosmology in three relatively brief sections of Taking the Back Off the Watch: A Personal Memoir. ... Taking the Back Off the Watch is likely to prove a useful source for historians of science of the post-World War II period." (Robert W. Smith, ISIS, Vol. 106 (2), June, 2015)

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword by Freeman Dyson.- Introduction by Simon Mitton.- School Years in Troubled Times.- Wartime Student Days.- Wartime Work for the British Navy.- Return to Cambridge: The Citadel of Learning.- Appointment at the Royal Greenwich Observatory.- Move to America.- Move to Cornell.- The Pulsar Era.- NASA: The Love-Hate Relationship.- The origin of Petroleum on Earth.- Earthquakes.-Unfinished Business.