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Masters of the Universe - Conversations with Cosmologists of the Past (Hardcover)
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Masters of the Universe - Conversations with Cosmologists of the Past (Hardcover)
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How did our modern picture of the universe come into being? Masters
of the Universe tells this fascinating story in an unusual format
that blends factual and fictional elements. It is based on a series
of interviews that a fictional person conducted with leading
astronomers and physicists between 1913 and 1965. Among the
interviewed scientists are giants such as Albert Einstein, Edwin
Hubble, and George Gamow, but also scientists who are less well
known today or not primarily known as cosmologists such as Karl
Schwarzschild, Paul Dirac, and Svante Arrhenius. By following the
interviews the reader gets a lively and "almost authentic"
impression of the problems that faced this early generation of
cosmologists. Although the interviews are purely fictional, a
product of the author's imagination, they could have taken place in
just the way that is described. They are solidly based on
historical facts and, moreover, supplemented with careful
annotations and references to the literature. In this way the book
bridges the gap between scholarly and popular history of science.
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