Beating the odds :: the life and times of E.A. Milne /
E A Milne was one of the giants of 20th century astrophysics and cosmology. His bold ideas, underpinned by his Christianity, sparked controversy - he believed two time scales operate in the universe. Struggling against poverty, Milne won five scholarships to Cambridge, but he never finished his degr...
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Zusammenfassung: | E A Milne was one of the giants of 20th century astrophysics and cosmology. His bold ideas, underpinned by his Christianity, sparked controversy - he believed two time scales operate in the universe. Struggling against poverty, Milne won five scholarships to Cambridge, but he never finished his degree. In World War I he was invited to develop Horace Darwin's device for anti-aircraft gunnery and after the Armistice his prowess in ballistics took him straight to a Fellowship at Trinity College, Cambridge. By the age of thirty he was a Manchester professor and a Fellow of the Royal Society. At Oxford he battled to improve the university's attitude towards science, and established a world-centre of astrophysics. He suffered from Parkinsonism in his forties, the consequence of his having had encephalitis lethargica as a young man. However, buoyed by his Christian faith, he did not slacken his pace. When he died, twice widowed, the author - Milne's daughter - was a teenager. This book is born out of curiosity. The author's aim is to show the human face of science, how the course of her father's life was shaped by circumstance and by the influence of illustrious friends and colleagues such as Einstein, Eddington, G H Hardy, J B S Haldane, Hubble, F A Lindemann and Rutherford. Against all odds, Milne emerged as a scientific powerhouse - and a rebellious one at that. |
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contents | Ch. 1. A foothold on the ladder -- ch. 2. The upheavals of war -- ch. 3. Adventures with reflections -- ch. 4. The trials of trumpets -- ch. 5. Cambridge rhapsody -- ch. 6. Riding on a sunbeam -- ch. 7. New horizons -- ch. 8. A scientific wilderness -- ch. 9. Cut and thrust -- ch. 10. Family versus college -- ch. 11. Cosmic inspiration -- ch. 12. Oxford's enlightenment -- ch. 13. The pendulum and the atom -- ch. 14. Lifeline -- ch. 15. Mathematics, bombs and bureaucracy -- ch. 16. An invitation -- ch. 17. A race unfinished. |
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spelling | Smith, Meg Weston. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb98087125 Beating the odds : the life and times of E.A. Milne / Meg Weston Smith ; foreword by Roger Penrose. London : Imperial College Press, ©2013. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Ch. 1. A foothold on the ladder -- ch. 2. The upheavals of war -- ch. 3. Adventures with reflections -- ch. 4. The trials of trumpets -- ch. 5. Cambridge rhapsody -- ch. 6. Riding on a sunbeam -- ch. 7. New horizons -- ch. 8. A scientific wilderness -- ch. 9. Cut and thrust -- ch. 10. Family versus college -- ch. 11. Cosmic inspiration -- ch. 12. Oxford's enlightenment -- ch. 13. The pendulum and the atom -- ch. 14. Lifeline -- ch. 15. Mathematics, bombs and bureaucracy -- ch. 16. An invitation -- ch. 17. A race unfinished. E A Milne was one of the giants of 20th century astrophysics and cosmology. His bold ideas, underpinned by his Christianity, sparked controversy - he believed two time scales operate in the universe. Struggling against poverty, Milne won five scholarships to Cambridge, but he never finished his degree. In World War I he was invited to develop Horace Darwin's device for anti-aircraft gunnery and after the Armistice his prowess in ballistics took him straight to a Fellowship at Trinity College, Cambridge. By the age of thirty he was a Manchester professor and a Fellow of the Royal Society. At Oxford he battled to improve the university's attitude towards science, and established a world-centre of astrophysics. He suffered from Parkinsonism in his forties, the consequence of his having had encephalitis lethargica as a young man. However, buoyed by his Christian faith, he did not slacken his pace. When he died, twice widowed, the author - Milne's daughter - was a teenager. This book is born out of curiosity. The author's aim is to show the human face of science, how the course of her father's life was shaped by circumstance and by the influence of illustrious friends and colleagues such as Einstein, Eddington, G H Hardy, J B S Haldane, Hubble, F A Lindemann and Rutherford. Against all odds, Milne emerged as a scientific powerhouse - and a rebellious one at that. English. Milne, Edward Arthur, 1896-1950 Religion. Milne, Edward Arthur, 1896-1950. Milne, Edward Arthur, 1896-1950 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyRFQPfvG4M89qXQhGbVC Astrophysicists Great Britain Biography. Astrophysics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009032 Cosmology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85033169 Religion and science. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85112579 Religion and Science https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012070 Astrophysiciens Grande-Bretagne Biographies. Astrophysique. Cosmologie. Religion et sciences. astrophysics. aat cosmology. aat SCIENCE Physics Astrophysics. bisacsh Astrophysicists fast Astrophysics fast Cosmology fast Religion fast Religion and science fast Great Britain fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP Biographies fast has work: Beating the odds (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGdGbvQcxMkbbJrwj3g7Vy https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: 9781848169074 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=575403 Volltext |
spellingShingle | Smith, Meg Weston Beating the odds : the life and times of E.A. Milne / Ch. 1. A foothold on the ladder -- ch. 2. The upheavals of war -- ch. 3. Adventures with reflections -- ch. 4. The trials of trumpets -- ch. 5. Cambridge rhapsody -- ch. 6. Riding on a sunbeam -- ch. 7. New horizons -- ch. 8. A scientific wilderness -- ch. 9. Cut and thrust -- ch. 10. Family versus college -- ch. 11. Cosmic inspiration -- ch. 12. Oxford's enlightenment -- ch. 13. The pendulum and the atom -- ch. 14. Lifeline -- ch. 15. Mathematics, bombs and bureaucracy -- ch. 16. An invitation -- ch. 17. A race unfinished. Milne, Edward Arthur, 1896-1950 Religion. Milne, Edward Arthur, 1896-1950. Milne, Edward Arthur, 1896-1950 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyRFQPfvG4M89qXQhGbVC Astrophysicists Great Britain Biography. Astrophysics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009032 Cosmology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85033169 Religion and science. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85112579 Religion and Science https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012070 Astrophysiciens Grande-Bretagne Biographies. Astrophysique. Cosmologie. Religion et sciences. astrophysics. aat cosmology. aat SCIENCE Physics Astrophysics. bisacsh Astrophysicists fast Astrophysics fast Cosmology fast Religion fast Religion and science fast |
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title | Beating the odds : the life and times of E.A. Milne / |
title_auth | Beating the odds : the life and times of E.A. Milne / |
title_exact_search | Beating the odds : the life and times of E.A. Milne / |
title_full | Beating the odds : the life and times of E.A. Milne / Meg Weston Smith ; foreword by Roger Penrose. |
title_fullStr | Beating the odds : the life and times of E.A. Milne / Meg Weston Smith ; foreword by Roger Penrose. |
title_full_unstemmed | Beating the odds : the life and times of E.A. Milne / Meg Weston Smith ; foreword by Roger Penrose. |
title_short | Beating the odds : |
title_sort | beating the odds the life and times of e a milne |
title_sub | the life and times of E.A. Milne / |
topic | Milne, Edward Arthur, 1896-1950 Religion. Milne, Edward Arthur, 1896-1950. Milne, Edward Arthur, 1896-1950 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyRFQPfvG4M89qXQhGbVC Astrophysicists Great Britain Biography. Astrophysics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009032 Cosmology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85033169 Religion and science. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85112579 Religion and Science https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012070 Astrophysiciens Grande-Bretagne Biographies. Astrophysique. Cosmologie. Religion et sciences. astrophysics. aat cosmology. aat SCIENCE Physics Astrophysics. bisacsh Astrophysicists fast Astrophysics fast Cosmology fast Religion fast Religion and science fast |
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