Fred Hoyle's Universe

by Jane Gregory and E.J. Koh

Book Overview

Fred Hoyle was a Yorkshire truant who became the voice of British astronomy. For fifty years, he spoke out for astronomy in the newspapers, on government committees, at scientific meetings, in popular books and on the radio. He devised a never-ending history of the universe, and worked out how the elements were made. He founded a prestigious institute for theoretical astronomy and built a giant telescope, and if it rained on his summer holiday, he...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198507917
• ISBN13: 9780198507918
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 418 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.6" x 9.2"