Taking the Back off the Watch [E-Book] : A Personal Memoir / by Thomas Gold ; edited by Simon Mitton.
Thomas Gold (1920-2004) had a curious mind that liked to solve problems. He was one of the most remarkable astrophysicists in the second half of the twentieth century, and he attracted controversy throughout his career. Based on a full-length autobiography left behind by Thomas Gold, this book was e...
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Personal Name(s): | Gold, Thomas, author |
Mitton, Simon, editor | |
Edition: |
1st ed. 2012. |
Imprint: |
Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer,
2012
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Physical Description: |
XVIII, 234 pages (online resource) |
Note: |
englisch |
ISBN: |
9783642275883 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-642-27588-3 |
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Astrophysics and Space Science Library ;
381 |
Subject (LOC): |
- Foreword by Freeman Dyson
- Introduction by Simon Mitton
- School Years in Troubled Times
- Wartime Student Days
- Wartime Work for the British Navy
- Return to Cambridge: The Citadel of Learning
- Appointment at the Royal Greenwich Observatory
- Move to America
- Move to Cornell
- The Pulsar Era
- NASA: The Love-Hate Relationship
- The origin of Petroleum on Earth
- Earthquakes.-Unfinished Business.