Book ID: CBB989770514

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Modern Cosmology (2019)

unapi

Kragh, Helge S. (Editor)
Longair, Malcolm (Editor)


Oxford University Press


Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 640
Language: English

Scientific and popular literature on modern cosmology is very extensive; however, scholarly works on the historical development of cosmology are few and scattered. The Oxford Handbook of the History of Modern Cosmology offers a comprehensive and authoritative account of the history of cosmology from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century.It provides historical background to what we know about the universe today, including not only the successes but also the many false starts. Big Bang theory features prominently, but so does the defunct steady state theory. The book starts with a chapter on the pre-Einstein period (1860-1910) and ends with chapters on modern developments such as inflation, dark energy and multiverse hypotheses. The chapters are organized chronologically, with some focusing on theory and others more on observations and technological advances. A few of the chapters discuss more general ideas, relating to larger contexts such as politics, economy, philosophy and world views.

...More
Reviewed By

Review Pamela Gossin (2020) Review of "The Oxford Handbook of the History of Modern Cosmology". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 373-374). unapi

Review Feraz Azhar (2020) Review of "The Oxford Handbook of the History of Modern Cosmology". Journal for the History of Astronomy (pp. 485-486). unapi

Citation URI
https://data.isiscb.org/isis/citation/CBB989770514/

Similar Citations

Article Zhaoyuan Wan; (2018)
Newton in China: Translating the Principia into Chinese (c. 1855–2015) (/isis/citation/CBB579089803/)

Thesis Vera, Hector; (2012)
The Social Life of Measures Metrication in the United States and Mexico, 1789--2004 (/isis/citation/CBB001561019/)

Book Vakoch, Douglas A.; (2013)
Astrobiology, History, and Society: Life beyond Earth and the Impact of Discovery (/isis/citation/CBB001510141/)

Chapter Mahdi Abdeljaouad; (2014)
Mathematics Education in Islamic Countries in the Modern Time: Case Study of Tunisia (/isis/citation/CBB346881103/)

Chapter Akira Hashimoto; (2016)
Work and Activity in Mental Hospitals in Modern Japan, c. 1868-2000 (/isis/citation/CBB282664098/)

Book Marco Castellari; (2014)
Formula e metafora: figure di scienziati nelle letterature e culture contemporanee (/isis/citation/CBB976488878/)

Book Lawrence R. Sullivan; Nancy Y. Liu; (2015)
Historical Dictionary of Science and Technology in Modern China (/isis/citation/CBB602711387/)

Article Rheinberger, Hans-Jörg; (2015)
Preparations, Models, and Simulations (/isis/citation/CBB001510258/)

Book Massimo Capaccioli; (2020)
L’incanto di Urania: Venticinque secoli di esplorazione del cielo (/isis/citation/CBB768291559/)

Chapter Donald M. Braxton; (2011)
Modern Cosmology and Religious Naturalism (/isis/citation/CBB014912185/)

Book Stephen L. Harp; (2015)
A World History of Rubber: Empire, Industry, and the Everyday (/isis/citation/CBB078010361/)

Book Lisa T. Sarasohn; (2021)
Getting Under Our Skin: The Cultural and Social History of Vermin (/isis/citation/CBB825215949/)

Book Alfonso De Nardo; (2018)
Uomini e boschi: il bosco e le aree interne nella questione meriodionale (/isis/citation/CBB327786623/)

Book Johan Kärnfelt; Karl Grandin; Solveig Jülich; (2018)
Knowledge in Motion: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Making of Modern Society (/isis/citation/CBB297825646/)

Article Antonio Di Meo; (2020)
Communicating Science: A Modern Event (/isis/citation/CBB151156196/)

Book Vanessa Heggie; (2019)
Higher and Colder: A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration (/isis/citation/CBB963440719/)

Chapter Patricia Coorough Burke; Peter M. Sheehan; (2018)
Museums at the intersection of science and citizen: An example from a Silurian reef (/isis/citation/CBB571400487/)

Authors & Contributors
Alfonso De Nardo
Nancy Y. Liu
Lawrence R. Sullivan
Wan, Zhaoyuan
Patricia Coorough Burke
Donald M. Braxton
Concepts
Science and society
Cosmology
Popularization
Science and religion
Environmental history
Nature and its relationship to culture; human-nature relationships
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
Modern
18th century
17th century
Places
United States
Italy
Europe
China
Apennines
South Carolina (U.S.)
Institutions
School of Milan
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Comments

Be the first to comment!

{{ comment.created_by.username }} on {{ comment.created_on | date:'medium' }}

Log in or register to comment