Advances in cosmology / / edited by Marilena Streit-Bianchi |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (382 pages) |
Disciplina | 895.6093538 |
Soggetto topico | Cosmology - History |
ISBN | 3-031-05625-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Editors -- From Astronomy to Modern Cosmology -- Looking at the Sky: From Pythagoras to Einstein Through Galileo and Newton -- 1 Prelude -- 2 A Name, an Idea -- 3 Aristotle and the Ptolemaic World -- 4 The Copernican Revolution -- 5 The Galileo Affair -- 6 Never at Rest: Newton -- 7 Albert Einstein, the New Magellan -- 8 The Fate of the Universe -- References -- The Role of Quantum Mechanics in Modern Cosmology -- 1 Introduction and Summary -- 2 Hot Big Bang Cosmology and Its Shortcomings -- 3 A Simple Solution: Inflation! -- 4 The Crucial Role of Quantum Mechanics -- 5 The True Place of the Big Bang in Modern Cosmology -- 6 Before Inflation … -- References -- Modern Cosmology, an Amuse-Gueule -- 1 Evidence for the Big Bang -- 1.1 Hubble Expansion -- 1.2 Cosmic Microwave Background -- 1.3 Primordial Nucleosynthesis -- 2 Concordance Model of Cosmology -- 2.1 Visible Matter -- 2.2 Dark Matter -- 2.3 Dark Energy -- 3 History of the Universe -- 3.1 Initial Conditions -- 3.2 Hot Thermal Phase -- 3.3 Structure Formation -- 4 Status and Prospects -- References -- The Search for Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Black Holes, Star Formation and Other Cosmological Searches-Accelerators -- Introduction to Dark Matter Searches at CERN -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Particle Physics Realisations -- 2.1 Full Models -- 2.2 Simplified Models -- 3 Dark Matter at Collider: Signature Spaces -- 4 Looking for Dark Matter at Colliders -- 4.1 Dark Matter Searches at Energy Frontier -- 4.2 Dark Matter Searches at Intensity Frontier -- 4.3 Dark Matter Searches at Lifetime Frontier -- 5 Looking for Dark Matter in Astrophysical Experiments -- 5.1 Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) -- 5.2 CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST) -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Searching for Dark Matter with the ATLAS Detector.
1 Introduction -- 2 How Dark Matter Appears in the ATLAS Detector -- 3 What Kinds of Dark Matter Could ATLAS Detect? -- 4 ATLAS Experimental Techniques and Results -- 4.1 Searches for Dark Matter Particles Associated to the Higgs Boson -- 4.2 From Measuring Invisible Particles to MET+X Searches -- 4.3 From MET+X Searches to Searches for Visible Mediator Decays -- 4.4 Searches for Supersymmetric Dark Matter Particles -- 4.5 Searches for Non-WIMP Dark Matter Particles -- 5 Connecting ATLAS Searches to Astrophysical Searches in WIMP Scenarios -- 5.1 Considerations on Dark Matter Relic Density for the Comparison of Astrophysics Searches and Collider Searches -- 6 Outlook: Where Do We Go From Here? -- References -- Searching for Dark Matter with the CMS Detector -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Simplified Models and Extensions -- 3 The Invisible Through the Visible -- 4 Higgs Boson: Extended Sectors and Invisible Decays -- 4.1 Two-Higgs Doublet Extensions -- 4.2 Higgs Boson a Portal to the Invisible -- References -- Probing Stealth Dark Sectors with LHCb -- 1 The Beautifulness of Flavor -- 2 On the Hunt for Dark and Light -- 3 Dark Sectors, Quarks, and Jets -- 4 Matter, Antimatter and Dark Matter -- 5 Contributing to the Hunt for Dark Matter -- References -- Hunting Dark Matter Axions with CAST -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- FASER: The Lifetime Frontier at the LHC and the Search for Dark Matter -- 1 The FASER Detector -- 2 Installation -- 3 Outlook -- References -- BASE-Testing Fundamental Symmetries by High Precision Comparisons of the Properties of Antiprotons and Protons -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Standard Model Extension -- 3 CERN's Antimatter Program and Other Tests of CPT Invariance -- 4 BASE-Penning Traps and Measurement Concepts -- 5 The BASE Trap Stack -- 6 Antiproton Lifetime. 7 Charge-to-Mass Ratio Measurements and Tests of the Weak Equivalence Principle -- 8 Magnetic Moment Measurements -- 9 Constraints on Antimatter/Dark Matter Interaction -- 10 BASE CDM-Superconducting Haloscope -- 11 Future Technologies -- 11.1 Transportable Antimatter Traps -- 11.2 Laser-Cooling -- 11.3 Quantum Logic Spectroscopy -- 12 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- NA64-Search for Dark Sector Particles -- 1 Introduction -- 2 NA64 Experiment -- 2.1 Principle of the Experiment -- 3 Current Results of the NA64 A' rightarrow Invisible Search Experiment -- 4 Additional Searches for Dark Particles -- 5 Summary -- References -- Space Searches -- The AMS Experiment on the International Space Station -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The AMS Experiment -- 2.1 The Detector -- 3 AMS Results over 10 Years of Data Taking -- 3.1 Results on CR Leptons -- 3.2 Results on CR Nuclei -- 4 Results on Solar Modulation of CR -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- The Right Key -- 1 Back to the Beginning -- 2 The Key Tooling -- 3 Planning and Preparing -- 4 Lift-Off and the "Opening Act" -- 5 The Nail-Biter -- 6 The Money Run -- 7 The Closing Act -- References -- Gravitational Waves -- Gravitational Waves: Why and How -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Discovery of the Century: A New Gateway to the Cosmos -- 3 Why -- 4 How -- 4.1 An Endless Struggle -- 5 GW150914 and GW170817 -- 6 Arts and Science -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Underground Searches of Dark Matter -- Under the Gran Sasso -- 1 Introduction -- 2 WIMP Dark Matter -- 3 The Direct Detection of WIMPs -- 4 Key Enabling Technologies -- 5 Solid State Detectors -- 6 Noble Liquid Detectors -- 6.1 Xenon -- 6.2 Argon -- 6.3 Conclusions -- References -- Optical Astronomy -- Big Telescopes and Observatories: Hi-Tech Challenges for Great Astronomical Science -- 1 Ancient Astronomy -- 2 The Telescope -- 3 Extragalactic Astronomy. 4 A Dark Discovery -- 5 A Key Discovery that Lead to an Even Darker Discovery -- 6 Multi Messenger Astronomy -- 7 Modern Astronomy -- 8 High-Technology Challenges -- 9 Better Sites and New Technology Telescopes -- 10 Adaptive Optics -- 11 Operational Challenges -- 12 What Next? -- 13 Conclusions -- References -- Other Worlds in the Cosmos: From Philosophy to Scientific Reality -- 1 Other Worlds in the Cosmos-An Ancient Philosophical Questioning -- 1.1 Change of Paradigm During the Second Half of the Twentieth Century -- 2 Doppler Spectroscopy as a Path to the Detection of Exoplanets -- 3 The Discovery of 51 Pegasi B -- 4 The Orbital Migration and the Observed Diversity of Planetary Systems -- 5 Insights from Planetary Transit Searches -- 6 Planetary Atmospheres -- 7 Upper Atmospheres -- 8 Planet Formation -- 9 The Search for Life -- References -- Philosophy -- Time, Space and Matter in the Primordial Universe -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Time -- 3 Space -- 4 Matter -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Art -- The Shore Between Art and Science -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Research and Divulgation -- 3 Beauty -- 4 Intuition -- 5 Synergy Between Art and Science -- 6 Cosmology and Art -- 6.1 Supernova -- 6.2 Dark Matter -- 6.3 Dark Energy -- 6.4 Multiverse -- 7 Interaction Between Art and Science-Inside and Outside the Work of Art -- 7.1 Searching the Unknown -- 7.2 Quintessence -- 8 Conclusions -- References. |
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Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] | ||
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Advances in cosmology / / edited by Marilena Streit-Bianchi |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (382 pages) |
Disciplina | 895.6093538 |
Soggetto topico | Cosmology - History |
ISBN | 3-031-05625-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Editors -- From Astronomy to Modern Cosmology -- Looking at the Sky: From Pythagoras to Einstein Through Galileo and Newton -- 1 Prelude -- 2 A Name, an Idea -- 3 Aristotle and the Ptolemaic World -- 4 The Copernican Revolution -- 5 The Galileo Affair -- 6 Never at Rest: Newton -- 7 Albert Einstein, the New Magellan -- 8 The Fate of the Universe -- References -- The Role of Quantum Mechanics in Modern Cosmology -- 1 Introduction and Summary -- 2 Hot Big Bang Cosmology and Its Shortcomings -- 3 A Simple Solution: Inflation! -- 4 The Crucial Role of Quantum Mechanics -- 5 The True Place of the Big Bang in Modern Cosmology -- 6 Before Inflation … -- References -- Modern Cosmology, an Amuse-Gueule -- 1 Evidence for the Big Bang -- 1.1 Hubble Expansion -- 1.2 Cosmic Microwave Background -- 1.3 Primordial Nucleosynthesis -- 2 Concordance Model of Cosmology -- 2.1 Visible Matter -- 2.2 Dark Matter -- 2.3 Dark Energy -- 3 History of the Universe -- 3.1 Initial Conditions -- 3.2 Hot Thermal Phase -- 3.3 Structure Formation -- 4 Status and Prospects -- References -- The Search for Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Black Holes, Star Formation and Other Cosmological Searches-Accelerators -- Introduction to Dark Matter Searches at CERN -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Particle Physics Realisations -- 2.1 Full Models -- 2.2 Simplified Models -- 3 Dark Matter at Collider: Signature Spaces -- 4 Looking for Dark Matter at Colliders -- 4.1 Dark Matter Searches at Energy Frontier -- 4.2 Dark Matter Searches at Intensity Frontier -- 4.3 Dark Matter Searches at Lifetime Frontier -- 5 Looking for Dark Matter in Astrophysical Experiments -- 5.1 Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) -- 5.2 CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST) -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Searching for Dark Matter with the ATLAS Detector.
1 Introduction -- 2 How Dark Matter Appears in the ATLAS Detector -- 3 What Kinds of Dark Matter Could ATLAS Detect? -- 4 ATLAS Experimental Techniques and Results -- 4.1 Searches for Dark Matter Particles Associated to the Higgs Boson -- 4.2 From Measuring Invisible Particles to MET+X Searches -- 4.3 From MET+X Searches to Searches for Visible Mediator Decays -- 4.4 Searches for Supersymmetric Dark Matter Particles -- 4.5 Searches for Non-WIMP Dark Matter Particles -- 5 Connecting ATLAS Searches to Astrophysical Searches in WIMP Scenarios -- 5.1 Considerations on Dark Matter Relic Density for the Comparison of Astrophysics Searches and Collider Searches -- 6 Outlook: Where Do We Go From Here? -- References -- Searching for Dark Matter with the CMS Detector -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Simplified Models and Extensions -- 3 The Invisible Through the Visible -- 4 Higgs Boson: Extended Sectors and Invisible Decays -- 4.1 Two-Higgs Doublet Extensions -- 4.2 Higgs Boson a Portal to the Invisible -- References -- Probing Stealth Dark Sectors with LHCb -- 1 The Beautifulness of Flavor -- 2 On the Hunt for Dark and Light -- 3 Dark Sectors, Quarks, and Jets -- 4 Matter, Antimatter and Dark Matter -- 5 Contributing to the Hunt for Dark Matter -- References -- Hunting Dark Matter Axions with CAST -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- FASER: The Lifetime Frontier at the LHC and the Search for Dark Matter -- 1 The FASER Detector -- 2 Installation -- 3 Outlook -- References -- BASE-Testing Fundamental Symmetries by High Precision Comparisons of the Properties of Antiprotons and Protons -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Standard Model Extension -- 3 CERN's Antimatter Program and Other Tests of CPT Invariance -- 4 BASE-Penning Traps and Measurement Concepts -- 5 The BASE Trap Stack -- 6 Antiproton Lifetime. 7 Charge-to-Mass Ratio Measurements and Tests of the Weak Equivalence Principle -- 8 Magnetic Moment Measurements -- 9 Constraints on Antimatter/Dark Matter Interaction -- 10 BASE CDM-Superconducting Haloscope -- 11 Future Technologies -- 11.1 Transportable Antimatter Traps -- 11.2 Laser-Cooling -- 11.3 Quantum Logic Spectroscopy -- 12 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- NA64-Search for Dark Sector Particles -- 1 Introduction -- 2 NA64 Experiment -- 2.1 Principle of the Experiment -- 3 Current Results of the NA64 A' rightarrow Invisible Search Experiment -- 4 Additional Searches for Dark Particles -- 5 Summary -- References -- Space Searches -- The AMS Experiment on the International Space Station -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The AMS Experiment -- 2.1 The Detector -- 3 AMS Results over 10 Years of Data Taking -- 3.1 Results on CR Leptons -- 3.2 Results on CR Nuclei -- 4 Results on Solar Modulation of CR -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- The Right Key -- 1 Back to the Beginning -- 2 The Key Tooling -- 3 Planning and Preparing -- 4 Lift-Off and the "Opening Act" -- 5 The Nail-Biter -- 6 The Money Run -- 7 The Closing Act -- References -- Gravitational Waves -- Gravitational Waves: Why and How -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Discovery of the Century: A New Gateway to the Cosmos -- 3 Why -- 4 How -- 4.1 An Endless Struggle -- 5 GW150914 and GW170817 -- 6 Arts and Science -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Underground Searches of Dark Matter -- Under the Gran Sasso -- 1 Introduction -- 2 WIMP Dark Matter -- 3 The Direct Detection of WIMPs -- 4 Key Enabling Technologies -- 5 Solid State Detectors -- 6 Noble Liquid Detectors -- 6.1 Xenon -- 6.2 Argon -- 6.3 Conclusions -- References -- Optical Astronomy -- Big Telescopes and Observatories: Hi-Tech Challenges for Great Astronomical Science -- 1 Ancient Astronomy -- 2 The Telescope -- 3 Extragalactic Astronomy. 4 A Dark Discovery -- 5 A Key Discovery that Lead to an Even Darker Discovery -- 6 Multi Messenger Astronomy -- 7 Modern Astronomy -- 8 High-Technology Challenges -- 9 Better Sites and New Technology Telescopes -- 10 Adaptive Optics -- 11 Operational Challenges -- 12 What Next? -- 13 Conclusions -- References -- Other Worlds in the Cosmos: From Philosophy to Scientific Reality -- 1 Other Worlds in the Cosmos-An Ancient Philosophical Questioning -- 1.1 Change of Paradigm During the Second Half of the Twentieth Century -- 2 Doppler Spectroscopy as a Path to the Detection of Exoplanets -- 3 The Discovery of 51 Pegasi B -- 4 The Orbital Migration and the Observed Diversity of Planetary Systems -- 5 Insights from Planetary Transit Searches -- 6 Planetary Atmospheres -- 7 Upper Atmospheres -- 8 Planet Formation -- 9 The Search for Life -- References -- Philosophy -- Time, Space and Matter in the Primordial Universe -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Time -- 3 Space -- 4 Matter -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Art -- The Shore Between Art and Science -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Research and Divulgation -- 3 Beauty -- 4 Intuition -- 5 Synergy Between Art and Science -- 6 Cosmology and Art -- 6.1 Supernova -- 6.2 Dark Matter -- 6.3 Dark Energy -- 6.4 Multiverse -- 7 Interaction Between Art and Science-Inside and Outside the Work of Art -- 7.1 Searching the Unknown -- 7.2 Quintessence -- 8 Conclusions -- References. |
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Alien life and human purpose : a rhetorical examination through history / / Joseph Packer |
Autore | Packer Joseph <1983-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
Disciplina | 111/.82 |
Soggetto topico |
Cosmology - History
Ethics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4985-1302-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Plato's Rhetorical Cosmology; 2 The Dominance of the Unity Cosmology: From Plato to Galileo; 3 William Whewell and Alfred Russel Wallace; 4 Quantum Unity; 5 Unity in the Twenty-First Century; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460837803321 |
Packer Joseph <1983->
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Alien life and human purpose : a rhetorical examination through history / / Joseph Packer |
Autore | Packer Joseph <1983-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
Disciplina | 111/.82 |
Soggetto topico |
Cosmology - History
Ethics |
ISBN | 1-4985-1302-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Plato's Rhetorical Cosmology; 2 The Dominance of the Unity Cosmology: From Plato to Galileo; 3 William Whewell and Alfred Russel Wallace; 4 Quantum Unity; 5 Unity in the Twenty-First Century; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798043103321 |
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Alien life and human purpose : a rhetorical examination through history / / Joseph Packer |
Autore | Packer Joseph <1983-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
Disciplina | 111/.82 |
Soggetto topico |
Cosmology - History
Ethics |
ISBN | 1-4985-1302-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Plato's Rhetorical Cosmology; 2 The Dominance of the Unity Cosmology: From Plato to Galileo; 3 William Whewell and Alfred Russel Wallace; 4 Quantum Unity; 5 Unity in the Twenty-First Century; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828583103321 |
Packer Joseph <1983->
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The atom of the universe / / Dominique Lambert ; preface by P. J. E. Peebles ; translated by Luc Ampleman ; edited by Karl Van Bibber ; editing, Aeddan Shaw ; cover design, Mariusz Banachowicz ; layout, Miroslaw Krzyszkowski |
Autore | Lambert Dominique |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Kraków, [Poland] : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (485 p.) |
Disciplina | 523.18 |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematicians - Belgium
Astronomers - Belgium Astrophysics - History Big bang theory - History Cosmology - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 83-7886-050-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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
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) 1. From Deus Absconditus to the natural beginning of the universe |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511338003321 |
Lambert Dominique
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Kraków, [Poland] : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2015 | ||
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The atom of the universe / / Dominique Lambert ; preface by P. J. E. Peebles ; translated by Luc Ampleman ; edited by Karl Van Bibber ; editing, Aeddan Shaw ; cover design, Mariusz Banachowicz ; layout, Miroslaw Krzyszkowski |
Autore | Lambert Dominique |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Kraków, [Poland] : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (485 p.) |
Disciplina | 523.18 |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematicians - Belgium
Astronomers - Belgium Astrophysics - History Big bang theory - History Cosmology - History |
ISBN | 83-7886-050-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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
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) 1. From Deus Absconditus to the natural beginning of the universe |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797485203321 |
Lambert Dominique
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Kraków, [Poland] : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2015 | ||
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The atom of the universe / / Dominique Lambert ; preface by P. J. E. Peebles ; translated by Luc Ampleman ; edited by Karl Van Bibber ; editing, Aeddan Shaw ; cover design, Mariusz Banachowicz ; layout, Miroslaw Krzyszkowski |
Autore | Lambert Dominique |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Kraków, [Poland] : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (485 p.) |
Disciplina | 523.18 |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematicians - Belgium
Astronomers - Belgium Astrophysics - History Big bang theory - History Cosmology - History |
ISBN | 83-7886-050-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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
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) 1. From Deus Absconditus to the natural beginning of the universe |
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Lambert Dominique
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El Big Bang / / Manuel Sanromà Lucía |
Autore | Sanromà Lucía Manuel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Barcelona : , : Editorial UOC, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (96 páginas) |
Disciplina | 523.18 |
Collana | Quiero saber |
Soggetto topico |
Big bang theory
Cosmology - History |
ISBN | 84-9064-566-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | spa |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798434303321 |
Sanromà Lucía Manuel
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El Big Bang / / Manuel Sanromà Lucía |
Autore | Sanromà Lucía Manuel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Barcelona : , : Editorial UOC, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (96 páginas) |
Disciplina | 523.18 |
Collana | Quiero saber |
Soggetto topico |
Big bang theory
Cosmology - History |
ISBN | 84-9064-566-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | spa |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807854503321 |
Sanromà Lucía Manuel
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Barcelona : , : Editorial UOC, , [2016] | ||
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