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This volume contains papers presented at an international
conference to celebrate Fred Hoyle's monumental contributions to
astronomy, astrophysics and astrobiology and more generally to
humanity and culture. The contributed articles highlight the
important aspects of his scientific life and show how much of an
example and inspiration he has been for over three generations in
the 20th century.
There are a few people of whom it could be said they changed the
way we perceive the world. Galileo Galilei, Nicholas Copernicus and
Isaac Newton were amongst these. The inclusion of Fred Hoyle in
this elite group may be contentious at the moment for the reason
that in challenging the most cherished of Holy Grails in science he
unwittingly offended many. But once the dust has settled over the
many disputes that were raised and in the fullness of time there
can be little doubt that Fred Hoyle will be ranked alongside these
figures of history.
Hoyle perceived science with an indomitable passion and an
obsessive desire to find the truth wherever it lay. His singleness
of purpose in this great mission and his deep suspicion of
orthodoxy, his powerful intellect and imagination set him apart
from most of his contemporaries in the last century.
This volume includes papers presented at a commemorative conference
held in Cardiff in June 2002. The material divides naturally into
several sections: Personal Reminiscences, Stellar Structure and
Evolution, Cosmology, Interstellar Matter, Comets and finally
Panspermia. Each article pays its own tribute to Fred Hoyle for his
inspiration and guidance that led to major breakthroughs in
astrophysics and space science throughout the 20th century.
This volume contains papers presented at an international
conference to celebrate Fred Hoyle's monumental contributions to
astronomy, astrophysics and astrobiology and more generally to
humanity and culture. The contributed articles highlight the
important aspects of his scientific life and show how much of an
example and inspiration he has been for over three generations in
the 20th century.
There are a few people of whom it could be said they changed the
way we perceive the world. Galileo Galilei, Nicholas Copernicus and
Isaac Newton were amongst these. The inclusion of Fred Hoyle in
this elite group may be contentious at the moment for the reason
that in challenging the most cherished of Holy Grails in science he
unwittingly offended many. But once the dust has settled over the
many disputes that were raised and in the fullness of time there
can be little doubt that Fred Hoyle will be ranked alongside these
figures of history.
Hoyle perceived science with an indomitable passion and an
obsessive desire to find the truth wherever it lay. His singleness
of purpose in this great mission and his deep suspicion of
orthodoxy, his powerful intellect and imagination set him apart
from most of his contemporaries in the last century.
This volume includes papers presented at a commemorative conference
held in Cardiff in June 2002. The material divides naturally into
several sections: Personal Reminiscences, Stellar Structure and
Evolution, Cosmology, Interstellar Matter, Comets and finally
Panspermia. Each article pays its own tribute to Fred Hoyle for his
inspiration and guidance that led to major breakthroughs in
astrophysics and space science throughout the 20th century.
The Symposium was held at the Great Wall Sheraton Hotel in Beijing,
China in the period August 25-30, 1986. The decision to concentrate
on the observational aspects of modern cosmology was taken in part
because this conference has come in a period when there have been
several international meetings on one aspect of modern cosmology,
namely the early universe and its possible relationship to particle
physics. While that approach is extremely exciting, it has the
disadvantage that its connection with much of observational
cosmology is very indirect. Thus there has been little opportunity
to discuss critically the wealth of new data that are now becoming
available which bear on the structure and evolution of the Universe
but not always on its early history. This Symposium was planned to
cover all aspects of observational cosmology, with only
comparatively minor excursions into theory. Nearly 200 participants
attended from 21 countries. A total of 26 invited papers and 73
contributed papers were given. This meant that everyone worked hard
and long from 9 A.M. to about 5:30 P.M. for five of the six days of
the conference. In addition to oral contributions, space was made
available for poster papers and 56 of these were available for
study for the duration of the conference.
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