Taking the Back off the Watch A Personal Memoir /

Thomas Gold (1920-2004) had a curious mind that liked to solve problems. He was one of the most remarkable astrophysicists in the second half of the twentieth century, and he attracted controversy throughout his career. Based on a full-length autobiography left behind by Thomas Gold, this book was e...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Gold, Thomas (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Mitton, Simon (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Σειρά:Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 381
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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505 0 |a 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. 
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