Zwicky : : The Outcast Genius Who Unmasked the Universe / / John Johnson Jr.
Fritz Zwicky was one of the most inventive and iconoclastic scientists of the twentieth century. Among other accomplishments, he was the first to infer the existence of dark matter. He also clashed with better-known peers and became a pariah in the scientific community. John Johnson, Jr.,’s biograph...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- 1. NOTED YOUNG MEN OF SCIENCE -- 2. GLARUS THRUST -- ON THE TRAIL OF ZWICKY’S GHOST: The Skeleton of the Universe -- 3. THE BIGGER AND BETTER ELEPHANT -- 4. QUANTUM STEAK AND MATRIX SALAD -- 5. THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE AND TIRED LIGHT -- 6. NEW ALLIANCES, NEW PHYSICS -- 7. TILTING AT WINDMILLS -- 8. ROCKET MAN -- 9. HOME FIRES -- 10. SECRET MISSIONS, FINDING VON BRAUN -- 11. THE MARCH INTO SPACE -- 12. BRIDGES IN SPACE -- 13. DOMESTIC LIFE -- ON THE TRAIL OF ZWICKY’S GHOST: Did Dark Matter Rattle Its Chains? -- 14. McCARTHY AND SPUTNIK -- 15. BLUE STARS AND QUASARS -- 16. BANISHMENT: EVEN THE OLD LION MUST ROAR -- 17. YOUNG AMERICA GOING TO POT -- 18. MAGNIFICENT DESOLATION -- ON THE TRAIL OF ZWICKY’S GHOST: Mystery Unsolved -- 19. A SCIENTIFIC INDIVIDUAL -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS -- INDEX |
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Summary: | Fritz Zwicky was one of the most inventive and iconoclastic scientists of the twentieth century. Among other accomplishments, he was the first to infer the existence of dark matter. He also clashed with better-known peers and became a pariah in the scientific community. John Johnson, Jr.,’s biography brings this tempestuous maverick alive. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674242616 9783110652031 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674242616 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | John Johnson Jr. |