| Description |
xvii, 401 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-377) and index. |
| Contents |
An end--and a beginning -- To the frontiers of the universe : training for cosmology -- The star makers -- Hoyle's secret war -- The nature of the universe -- Lives of the stars -- Clash of titans -- Origin of the chemical elements -- Matters of gravity -- Mountains to climb -- The watershed -- Stones, bones, bugs, and accidents. |
| Subject |
Hoyle, Fred, 1915-2001.
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Astronomers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Expanding universe.
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Cosmology.
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| ISBN |
0309093139 |
| Standard No. |
9780309093132 |
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