Taking the Back off the Watch A Personal Memoir /

• 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
• Θέματα: Physics.; History.; Mineral resources.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; History of Science.; Mineral Resources.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.