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UNINA990002601060403321 |
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Autore |
Crum, William Leonard |
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The Age Structure of the Corporate System / by William Leonard Crum |
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Berkeley ; Los Angeles : University of California Press, 1953 |
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xii, 181 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
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Publications of the Institute of Business and Economic Research / University of California |
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Monografia |
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UNISALENTO991003643019707536 |
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Autore |
Wheeler, Michael |
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Heaven, hell, and the Victorians / Michael Wheeler |
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Cambridge : Cambridge university press, 1994 |
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Letteratura inglese - Storia e critica |
Teologia dotrinale - Gran Bretagna |
Morte - Aspetti religiosi |
Cristianesimo - Storia |
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Monografia |
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UNINA9910822703903321 |
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Autore |
Wickramasinghe Chandra |
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Titolo |
A journey with Fred Hoyle |
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Singapore, : World Scientific Pub. Co., 2013 |
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New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , [2013] |
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�2013 |
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1-299-46317-7 |
981-4436-13-5 |
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[2nd ed.] |
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1 online resource (xvii, 248 pages) : illustrations |
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Astronomers |
Life - Origin |
Cosmic dust |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Foreword; Foreword to First Edition; Preface to Second Edition; Contents; Prologue; Chapter 1 Origins: Prelude to the Journey; Chapter 2 Cambridge and a First Meeting; Chapter 3 A Hike in the Lake District; Chapter 4 Betwixt the Stars; Chapter 5 The Route to Carbon Dust; Chapter 6 A Theory Takes Shape; Chapter 7 The Institute of Astronomy: The Vintage Years; Chapter 8 Winds of Change; Chapter 9 The Cardiff Era; Chapter 10 The Search for Cosmic Life; Chapter 11 Life from Comets and Pathogens from Space; Chapter 12 First Signs of Life; Chapter 13 Bacterial Dust Predictions Verified |
Chapter 14 Life on the PlanetsChapter 15 Evolution from Space; Chapter 16 Theories of Trial; Chapter 17 A Fossil Controversy; Chapter 18 Comet Halley and its Legacy; Chapter 19 Alternative Cosmologies; Chapter 20 The Last Decade; Epilogue; Search for the Origin of Life; Cost of Heterodoxy; Astronomical Predictions: Comets and Meteorites; Astronomical Spectroscopy; Big Bang Cosmology; Planets; Evolutionary Predictions; Explicit Predictions from 1982; Viral Sequences in Genomes; Bibliography to First Edition; Bibliography to Second Edition; |
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This is the story of the author's unique scientific journey with one of the most remarkable men of 20th century science. The journey begins in Sri Lanka, the author's native country, with his childhood acquaintance with Fred Hoyle's writings. The action then moves to Cambridge, where the famous Hoyle-Wickramasinghe collaborations begin. A research programme which was started in 1962 on the carbonaceous nature of interstellar dust leads, over the next two decades, to developments that are continued in both Cambridge and Cardiff. These developments prompt Hoyle and the author to postulate the or |
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