The atom of the universe : the life and work of Georges Lemaitre /
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| Author / Creator: | Lambert, Dominique, 1960- author. |
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| Uniform title: | Atome d'univers. English |
| Imprint: | Kraków : Copernicus Center Press, 2015. |
| Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Lemaître, Georges, -- 1894-1966. Lemaître, Georges, -- 1894-1966. Mathematicians -- Belgium -- Biography. Astronomers -- Belgium -- Biography. Astrophysics -- History. Big bang theory -- History. Cosmology -- History. Religion and science. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology. SCIENCE -- Astronomy. Astronomers. Astrophysics. Big bang theory. Cosmology. Mathematicians. Religion and science. Belgium. Electronic books. Electronic books -- Biography -- History. Electronic books. Biographies. History. |
| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11244161 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface; Acknowledgments ; Chapter I. From Louvain to Namur; 1. The reed and the Universe; 2. Sources; 3. Guide to this work; Chapter II. The early years: the Jesuits, mathematics nad the mines (1894-1914); 1. A Son from the Pays Noir; 2. At the Jesuit school; 3. The mines: a blind tunnel?; Chapter III. The Great War: from student to artilleryman (1914-1919); 1. The long walk to the Yser Front; 2. Back to the University: a new direction; Chapter IV. The seminarian and relativity (1920-1923; 1. The Saint-Rombaut house; 2. Lemaître, theology and the Amis de Jésus.
- 3. Einstein's physics viewed from Saint Rombaut4. Toward a new life ; Chapter V. The mathematician who became an astronomer; 1. A clergyman at Eddington's house; 2. The time to sow: from Canada to MIT ; 3. In the right place at the right time ; Chapter VI. From the expanding universe to the primeval atom hypothesis (1927-1931); 1. An expanding universe with no beginning or end; 2. From Einstein's blame to Eddington's mea culpa; 3. The hypothesis of the Primeval Atom; Chapter VII. The Chinese connection(1927-1950 ...); 1. A disciple of Father Lebbe: from cosmology to the Chinese residence.
- 2. Florescit et lucet3. "Servir"; 4. Lemaître's Chinese Disciple: Tchang Yong-Li; Chapter VIII. Arrival on the world scene? (1931-1939); 1. Travels and accolades; 2. Towards a theory of large-scale structures: the Lemaître-Tolman model; 3. A peek inside the black hole; 4. The defence of the "little lamb"; Chapter IX. Science and faith: the theory of the two paths (1924-1936); 1. The origin of the "two paths": a tripartite influence; 2. The Congress of Mechelen; 3. The Pontifical Academy of Sciences; Chapter X, An astronomer starstruck by algebra (1931-1957); 1. The Dirac equation redux (1931).
- 2. The Projektive Relativitätstheorie (1933-1935) and Relativistic Theory of Protons and Electrons (1937)3. The Fundamental Theory and the spinor of Cartan (1948); 4. The spinors: from the quantum field theory to history (1955-1957); Chapter XI. From cosmology to calculation: the Størmer problem; 1. The problem of the origin and nature of cosmic rays; 2. The determination of the orbits of cosmic rays: the Størmer problem; 3. The first "Lemaître's School": 1933-1945; 4. The Størmer problem after 1945; Chapter XII, A time of war (1940-1944); 1. Exodus ; 2. A time for solidarity.
- 3. The time of isolation and reading4. A time of reprimand and trials; 5. Back to science; Chapter XIII. Lemaître the master. A portrait of his pedagogy (1940-1944); 1. Teaching and research, a seamless cloth; 2. Attending a class and passing exams with the Canon; Chapter XIV. From mechanics to calculators and back again (1940-1944); 1. Mechanics and cosmology: the nebulae and their clusters; 2. Numerical calculation; 3. Mesmerized by machines ; 4. The apotheosis: the three-body problem; Chapter XV. Faith and science: the Un'Ora problem (1951-1952).