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Zwicky : The Outcast Genius Who Unmasked the Universe
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Title
Zwicky : The Outcast Genius Who Unmasked the Universe / John Johnson Jr.
ISBN
9780674242616
Publication
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2019]
Copyright Notice Date
©2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (336 p.)
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Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
In English.
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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.
Variant and related titles
De Gruyter University Press eBook pilot project 2019.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 17, 2022
Contents
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
ON THE TRAIL OF ZWICKY'S GHOST: The Skeleton of the Universe
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
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
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