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Trinity --- Festivals --- Galilei, Galileo --- Hoyle, Fred, --- Trials, litigation, etc.

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'Fred Hoyle's Universe' draws on confidential government documents, personal correspondence and interviews with Hoyle's friends, colleagues and critics, as well as with Hoyle himself, to bring you the man, the science, and the scandal behind the voice of British astronomy.

Astronomers --- Authors, English --- Communication in science --- Communication in research --- Science communication --- Science information --- Scientific communications --- Science --- Hoyle, Fred, --- Hoyle, F. --- Khoĭl, Fred, --- Hūyl, Firid, --- هويل، فرد --- Hoyle, Fred

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This is the story of the author's unique scientific journey with oneof the most remarkable men of 20th century science. The journey beginsin Sri Lanka, the author's native country, with his childhoodacquaintance with Fred Hoyle's writings. The action then moves toCambridge, where the famous Hoyle-Wickramasinghe collaborationsbegin.

Astronomers --- Life --- Cosmic dust. --- Dust --- Interstellar matter --- Abiogenesis --- Biogenesis --- Germ theory --- Heterogenesis --- Life, Origin of --- Life (Biology) --- Origin of life --- Plasmogeny --- Plasmogony --- Evolution (Biology) --- Exobiology --- Spontaneous generation --- Origin. --- Origin --- Wickramasinghe, N. C. --- Hoyle, Fred, --- Hoyle, F. --- Khoĭl, Fred, --- Hūyl, Firid, --- هويل، فرد --- Wickramasinghe, Nalin Chandra, --- Cosmic dust --- Wickramasinghe, Chandra --- Astronomers - Biography --- Life - Origin --- Acqui 2006 --- Wickramasinghe, N. C. - (Nalin Chandra), - 1939 --- -Hoyle, Fred, - Sir

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With exoplanets being discovered daily, Earth is still the only planet we know of that is home to creatures who seek a coherent explanation for the structure, origins, and fate of the universe, and of humanity’s place within it. Today, science and religion are the two major cultural entities on our planet that share this goal of coherent understanding, though their interpretation of evidence differs dramatically. Many scientists look at the known universe and conclude we are here by chance. The renowned astronomer and historian of science Owen Gingerich looks at the same evidence—along with the fact that the universe is comprehensible to our minds—and sees it as proof for the planning and intentions of a Creator-God. He believes that the idea of a universe without God is an oxymoron, a self-contradiction. God’s Planet exposes the fallacy in thinking that science and religion can be kept apart. Gingerich frames his argument around three questions: Was Copernicus right, in dethroning Earth from its place at the center of the universe? Was Darwin right, in placing humans securely in an evolving animal kingdom? And was Hoyle right, in identifying physical constants in nature that seem singularly tuned to allow the existence of intelligent life on planet Earth? Using these episodes from the history of science, Gingerich demonstrates that cultural attitudes, including religious or antireligious beliefs, play a significant role in what passes as scientific understanding. The more rigorous science becomes over time, the more clearly God’s handiwork can be comprehended.

Religion and science. --- Christianity and science --- Geology --- Geology and religion --- Science --- Science and religion --- Religious aspects --- Copernicus, Nicolaus, --- Darwin, Charles, --- Hoyle, Fred, --- Hoyle, F. --- Khoĭl, Fred, --- Hūyl, Firid, --- هويل، فرد --- Darwin, Charles, Robert --- Copernicus, Nicolaus --- Copernic, Nicolas --- Kopernik, Mikołaj

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Although less well known outside the field than Edwin Hubble, Walter Baade was arguably the most influential observational astronomer of the twentieth century. Written by a fellow astronomer deeply familiar with Baade and his work, this is the first biography of this major figure in American astronomy. In it, Donald Osterbrock suggests that Baade's greatest contribution to astrophysics was not, as is often contended, his revision of Hubble's distance and age scales for the universe. Rather, it was his discovery of two distinct stellar populations: old and young stars. This discovery opened wide the previously marginal fields of stellar and galactic evolution--research areas that would be among the most fertile and exciting in all of astrophysics for decades to come. Baade was born, educated, and gained his early research experience in Germany. He came to the United States in 1931 as a staff member of Mount Wilson Observatory, which housed the world's largest telescope. There, he pioneered research on supernovae. With the 100-inch telescope, he studied globular clusters and the structure of the Milky Way, every step leading him closer to the population concept he discovered during the wartime years, when the skies of southern California were briefly darkened. Most Mount Wilson astronomers were working on weapons-development crash programs devoted to bringing Baade's native country to its knees, while he, formally an enemy alien in their midst, was confined to Los Angeles County but had almost unlimited use of the most powerful telescope in the world. After his great discovery, Baade continued his research with the new 200-inch telescope at Palomar. Always respected and well liked, he became even more famous among astronomers as they shifted their research to the fields he had opened. Publicity-shy and seemingly unconcerned with publication, however, Baade's celebrity remained largely within the field. This accomplished biography at last introduces Baade--and his important work--to a wider public, including the newest generation of skywatchers.

Astrophysicists --- Baade, Walter, --- Adams, Walter S. --- Agfa photographic company. --- Allegheny Observatory. --- Astronomical Journal. --- Baade Telescope. --- Baade, Katherine (sister). --- Bergedorf. --- Biermann, Ludwig. --- Boyden Station. --- Case Institute of Technology. --- Comet Baade. --- Einstein, Albert. --- Fermi, Enrico. --- Fornax system. --- Fricke, Walter. --- Ganymede. --- Gaustad, John. --- Göttingen Observatory. --- Hale telescope. --- Hamburg Observatory. --- Harvard College Observatory. --- Hitler, Adolf. --- Hoyle, Fred. --- Hubble constant. --- Hund, Friedrich. --- Icarus. --- Institute for Advanced Study. --- Institute for Experimental Aerodynamics. --- Jansky, Karl. --- Jena University. --- Johnson, Harold L. --- Johnson, Josef. --- Kienle, Hans. --- Klein, Felix. --- Kuiper, Gerard P. --- Laporte, Otto. --- Leiden Observatory. --- Lick Observatory. --- Lund University. --- Mason, Max. --- Minkowski, Hermann. --- Nazi party. --- Orion nebula. --- Pulkovo Observatory. --- Ross lens. --- Schorr, Richard. --- Scientific American. --- cosmology. --- eclipsing binaries. --- globular clusters. --- interstellar extinction. --- radio sources.