02904nam 2200565Ia 450 991046282070332120200520144314.01-84816-908-6(CKB)2670000000361804(EBL)1193534(SSID)ssj0000906271(PQKBManifestationID)12466306(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000906271(PQKBWorkID)10930573(PQKB)10687120(MiAaPQ)EBC1193534(WSP)00003031(Au-PeEL)EBL1193534(CaPaEBR)ebr10700493(CaONFJC)MIL486992(OCoLC)843871713(EXLCZ)99267000000036180419950605d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeating the odds[electronic resource] the life and times of E.A. Milne /Meg Weston Smith, foreward by Roger PenroseLondon Imperial College Pressc20131 online resource (308 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84816-907-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Abbreviations in the Footnotes; Contents; Chapter 1. A Foothold on the Ladder; Chapter 2. The Upheavals of War; Chapter 3. Adventures with Reflections; Chapter 4. The Trials of Trumpets; Chapter 5. Cambridge Rhapsody; Chapter 6. Riding on a Sunbeam; Chapter 7. New Horizons; Chapter 8. A Scientific Wilderness; Chapter 9. Cut and Thrust; Chapter 10. Family versus College; Chapter 11. Cosmic Inspiration; Chapter 12. Oxford's Enlightenment; Chapter 13. The Pendulum and the Atom; Chapter 14. LifelineChapter 15. Mathematics, Bombs and BureaucracyChapter 16. An Invitation; Chapter 17. A Race Unfinished; Epilogue; IndexE A Milne was one of the giants of 20th century astrophysics and cosmology. His bold ideas, underpinned by his Christianity, sparked controversy - he believed two time scales operate in the universe.Struggling against poverty, Milne won five scholarships to Cambridge, but he never finished his degree. In World War I he was invited to develop Horace Darwin's device for anti-aircraft gunnery and after the Armistice his prowess in ballistics took him straight to a Fellowship at Trinity College, Cambridge. By the age of thirty he was a Manchester professor and a Fellow of the Royal Society. At OxfAstrophysicistsBiographyElectronic books.Astrophysicists523.01092Smith Meg Weston997559Penrose Roger39346MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462820703321Beating the odds2287755UNINA