The Scientific Legacy of Fred Hoyle
by Edited by Douglas GoughFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2005-04-18
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary
Fred Hoyle was a remarkable scientist, and made an immense contribution to many important problems in astronomy. Several of his obituaries commented that he had made more influence on the course of astrophysics and cosmology in the second half of the twentieth century than any other person. This book is based on a meeting that was held in Cambridge, where Hoyle was based for three decades, and contains chapters by many of Hoyle's scientific collaborators. Each chapter reviews an aspect of Fred Hoyle's work; many of the subjects he tackled are still areas of hot debate and active research. With contributions by leading astronomers, the book concentrates on Hoyle's scientific legacy, and examines the influence his research has had on others and on advances in astronomy and cosmology. This wide-ranging overview will be valuable to established researchers in astrophysics and cosmology, and also to professional historians of science.
Table of Contents
| Introduction M. Rees | |
| 1. Fred Hoyle's major work in the context of astronomy and astrophysics today W. L. W. Sargent | |
| 2. Sir Fred Hoyle and the theory of the synthesis of the elements D. Arnett | |
| 3. Fred Hoyle: Contributions to the theory of galaxy formation G. Efstathiou | |
| 4. Highlights of Fred Hoyle's work on interstellar matter and star formation P. M. Solomon | |
| 5. Accretion H. Bondi | |
| 6. From dust to life C. Wickramasinghe | |
| 7. Worlds without end or beginning J. D. Barrow | |
| 8. Evolutionary cosmologies - then and now M. S. Longair | |
| 9. Alternative ideas in cosmology J. N. Narlikar | |
| 10. Red Giants - then and now J. Faulkner | |
| 11. Modern alchemy: Fred Hoyle and element building by neutron capture E. M. Burbidge | |
| 12. Concluding remarks G. Burbidge. |
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